Latest News: Comedian Louis CK’s Take on Smartphones and Kids
You have to watch the comedian Louis CK’s funny, yet painfully insightful and true take on smartphones, kids, people, texting, and life.
Read MoreLatest News: Your Children are Listening to be Translated into Russian
I’m pleased to announce that my third parenting book, Your Children are Listening: Nine Messages They Need to Hear From You, will be translated into Russian, following in the footsteps of translations into French and Korean.
Read MoreShare Activities of Love with Your Children
One of the most powerful ways you can express love to your children is to give them a gift that is, sadly, in short supply for many families, namely, time. The message you send when you are with them, mind, body, and spirit, is that you love them enough to make them your number-one priority. […]
Read MoreEarly Childhood Education Has a Big ROI
Back in 2011, I wrote a blog post arguing that early childhood education was far more important to positive outcomes for poor children than current efforts to reform public education once kids get to elementary and secondary school. A recent commentary in the New York Times by James Heckman, a Nobel Laureate in Economics from […]
Read MoreAre Messy People More Creative?
An interesting article in the New York Times describes research that suggests that a messy environment increases creativity. FYI, I am the antithesis of messiness (just look at my office!). :->
Read MoreWill There be a Backlash Against Technology?
In a past post, I described my belief in the Law of Unintended Consequences, which suggests that we can’t predict how innovations will impact us individually or collectively. This law couldn’t be more relevant than in the influence of the Internet, and all of the technological advances that followed, on our lives. What makes the Law […]
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