by kris | Oct 6, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Convergence on Target
“My parents were auctioneers,” Dickerson said. “There were all these kids hanging out. I organized the Cookie Tin. I got each one to bake a pan of cookies,” she said. “They sold the cookies. I, of course, took a percentage off the top.” A local example in this Las...
by kris | Oct 6, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Convergence on Target
In South Asia—I’ve worked a lot in Nepal, and also in India—I’m very impressed by two particular parenting behaviors. One is that parents are very physically affectionate. Fathers as well as mothers, and close relatives are too. And that is combined with totally clear...
by kris | Oct 5, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Science of Learning, Understanding Media
While looking at my Device, I was transported to an alternate universe about inventing and transmitting new technology across generations, and reshaping the environment of each generation. In this case, my Device is a “book” I recently received from my...
by andflywrite | Jan 15, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
A lengthy recent article in the New Yorker talks about research on the effects of how much parental talking takes place in various economic classes, and how that affects the learning of those children. This isn’t all new, in that we know from such organizations...
