The American way to self-control
American parents can teach their children self-control without emulating Asian “tiger mothers” or strict French mamans, write Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang, authors of Welcome to Your Child’s Brain in a...
View ArticleCreativity isn’t learned in class
Japanese visitors asked Fordham’s Mike Petrilli how the U.S. produces innovative leaders like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. It’s not a school thing, he replies. It’s an after-school thing....
View ArticleWhy so few French kids have ADHD
At least 9 percent of U.S. children are medicated for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, compared to less than .5 percent of French children, writes Marilyn Wedge in Why French Kids Don’t Have...
View ArticleNaked tykes by the fire pit
Sara Zaske moved to Germany with a four-year-old daughter, then gave birth to a son. In Achtung Baby she praises “the German art of raising self-reliant children.” At her daughter’s Kita, preschoolers...
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