Commentary When reading and math scores came out last month and showed an alarming drop in academic achievement, nobody should have been surprised. What else was going to happen when schools locked down, planted kids in a room at home, and attached them to a screen six hours a day? Did anybody but the most…
The End of Education as We Know It? (Part 2 of 2)
The new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot known as ChatGPT is poised to have an outsized effect on the educational landscape, for better or for worse. Which outcome it will lead to is largely in the hands of parents, educators, and—ultimately—our children, and how they respond to it. To ignore it is to do so at…
‘The Parenting Map’: A Conversation With Dr. Shefali
Clinical psychologist and best-selling author Shefali Tsabary has become a go-to resource for parents seeking encouragement as they do their very best to raise happy and healthy children. Her new book, “The Parenting Map: Step-by-Step Solutions to Consciously Create the Ultimate Parent-Child Relationship,” is being described as a parenting manual. At a time when pressures…
Protecting the Magic of Childhood
A couple of years ago, some friends and I were discussing the lottery. “When people ask me if I ever buy tickets, I tell them I already won the lottery,” one man said. “I was born in the middle of the 20th century in the United States of America.” Roughly 70 years after that mid-20th century childhood…
How Blind Spots and Biases Hurt Our Kids
All parents have strong biases when it comes to managing their children’s screen use. What are yours? “My child would never send a nude photo. That isn’t how she was raised.” “I don’t believe my child is lying to me. I have good kids.” “Video games aren’t that bad. I played as a kid and…
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