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A Self-Fulfilling Cycle: Since When Is It OK to Be Bad at Math?
Math Problem: Lack of Skills Has Effects in Region, Country. One parent came because he could barely help his daughter with her 8th-grade homework. Another because math frightened her. And another because algebraic equations were as foreign as Chinese symbols. In the cafeteria of Fall Mountain Regional High School earlier …
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Why Tiger Moms Are Great: Tiger Parents Express their Love Through Expectation of Greatness, Not in Acceptance of Mediocrity
It’s time for some tiger cubs to approvingly roar for our strict parents, their domineering ways and their inflexibly high standards. The current depiction of tiger parenting is decidedly negative. Kim Wong Keltner’s book on “Tiger Babies Strike Back” and Su Yeong Kim’s report “Does Tiger Parenting Exist? Parenting Profiles …
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The Most Common Parenting Mistake: Persistent Criticism Is Destructive to our Relationships with our Children
I am often asked, “What is the most common problem you encounter in your work with children and families?” For many years, my answer has been simple and unequivocal: “As parents, we are unwittingly too critical of our children. This statement has surprised some of my colleagues and is at …
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CHILDUP BESTOF: What American Parents Need to Do Better: Lessons from the Rest of the World
With tiger moms, helicopter parents, and permissive and authoritarian models, parenting styles differ as much in the United States as they do in any country. But can American parents learn something from their counterparts in different parts of the world? The answer is yes, according to Christine Gross-Loh, author of …
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CHILDUP BESTOF: Most Math Being Taught in Kindergarten Is Old News to Students
Kindergarten teachers report spending much of their math instructional time teaching students basic counting skills and how to recognize geometric shapes — skills the students have already mastered before ever setting foot in the kindergarten classroom, new research finds. The findings reveal a misalignment between what the students are being …
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Reading Wars Pit Literacy Instruction Methods Against Each Other
The most complex war you’ve probably never heard of has been waged in elementary school reading lessons for at least 50 years. The “reading wars” pit what literacy experts call “phonics-based” instruction against “whole language” instruction. Battles over which approach is more effective have raged in academic ivory towers, but …
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In your Baby Face: Face-to-Face Interaction Is the Foundation of Modern Western Parenting
Face-to-face interaction is the foundation of modern Western parenting. It is how we explain what it means to be human – this is how we show emotion, this is how we communicate, this is how we make funny flatulence sounds. We think of this sort of dyadic interaction as what …
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