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Back-to-School Brain Boosters

By Kymythy R. Schultze, C.N.
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When your child’s verbal loop switches from “I’m bored, there’s nothing to do” to “I don’t wanna go to school!” you know the time has come to do your parental duty and properly prepare them for another academic year. You’ll buy them notebooks, backpacks, pencils and books. But, are you also [...]

Assassins in Toyland

Apparently when you tickle Elmo he’s not laughing, he’s having a seizure.
–Jay Leno
In an attempt to assure the world’s children that millions of Chinese-made toys currently being recalled for containing toxic lead paint and tiny choking hazards can no longer hurt them, high-level Chinese officials announced Tuesday that millions of playthings are being rounded up [...]

Ten Ways You Can Promote a Sense of Responsibility

Timothy walked into STRONG Learning Center for his tutoring session, but that day he was too distressed to begin his schoolwork. “Every morning I have to wash my face, get dressed, comb my hair, brush my teeth, and eat breakfast,” he blurted. “And my mom wants me to feed the cat too! How many chores [...]

Guess Whose Children Are Deprived

By Chick Moorman and Thomas Haller
 Robert White and Ernesto Gonzalez live on the same street. They work for competing insurance companies and earn approximately the same salary. Both men are married and have two children in elementary school. Both men attend school conferences and have regular family dinners.
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Multitasking Virus In Our Classrooms

By Josh Waitzkin
A few weeks ago, I returned to the classroom of Dennis Dalton, the most important college professor of my life. From the back of an amphitheater seating several hundred students, I realized how much things had evolved at Columbia and Barnard. The lecture hall was now equipped with a wireless sound system, webcams, [...]