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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 14, 20221 min read
If parents take kids to drag shows, it’s not ‘abuse’
A Texas legislator wants to ban children from seeing drag queens in response to a Dallas bar’s ““family-friendly” Drag the Kids to Pride”...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 14, 20221 min read
She watched kids play — security was called
Lenore Skenazy was walking by an elementary school in Queens, when she saw kids playing hopscotch, just as she used to do, and paused to...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 30, 20181 min read
Screen-time limits linked to cognitive skills
Limiting kids’ recreational screen time to less than two hours a day boosts their brainpower, concludes a new study, reports Hamza Shaban...
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 5, 20182 min read
Spoiled children
A college education isn’t intended to make people think any more, write Greg Lukianoff, a First Amendent specialist, and Jonathan Haidt,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 11, 20181 min read
What it’s like in ‘Eighth Grade’
I have no desire to remember my eighth-grade self. If the new movie Eighth Grade captures what it’s like to be an insecure 13-year-old, I...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 5, 20182 min read
‘Work colleges’ go urban
The “work college” model — students are required to work as part of their education — is spreading to cities, reports Hechinger’s Delece...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 30, 20181 min read
Defend the status quo or go kid-centric?
Teachers’ unions should adopt a kid-centric policy in response to the Janus decision, writes Paul Reville in Ed Week. Leaders will need...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 28, 20181 min read
If life loans you a lemon, sell lemonade
Lemonade stands are teaching kids how to be entrepreneurs, reports Sarah D. Sparks for Ed Week. Jemma Walker, 11, set up a mermaid-themed...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 8, 20181 min read
‘Tastes like justice’
Brilliant marketing. #entrepreneurship #lemonadestands
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Joanne Jacobs
May 11, 20181 min read
‘Baby, may I change your diaper?’
Deanne Carson An Aussie sex education expert says parents should ask for permission to change a child’s diaper, reports Kashmira Gander...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 8, 20181 min read
Trophies are for winners
Trophies are for winners, a Maryland youth baseball league has decided. “For years, Reisterstown Baseball has given trophies to its...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 5, 20181 min read
Curiosity kills the (achievement) gap
A child’s curiosity may as important to learning as self-control or “grit,” writes Sarah D. Sparks in Education Week. Researchers used a...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 29, 20171 min read
Parents choose commercial-free kids’ TV
Fewer children are watching traditional children’s television, such as Saturday morning cartoons, writes Rob Toledo in Exstreamist. “More...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 24, 20171 min read
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good day. #Christmas
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 24, 20171 min read
‘911, a Grinch is planning a theft’
Byram Police Officer Lauren Develle, who was compared to Cindy Lou Who when she was a child, came to TyLon Pittman’s house to assure him...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 20, 20171 min read
Boston starts at 7:15 am, so teens can sleep in
To give teens more time to sleep, Boston Public Schools will start high schools later and elementary and K-8 schools earlier. Most high...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 12, 20171 min read
Is Batman working hard? He is!
Dressing up as Batman, Dora the Explorer or other heroes helps four- to six-year-olds concentrate on a task and resist the distraction of...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 24, 20171 min read
Kids can take it
You’d never see this ad on American TV, says Let Grow. #Norway #play
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 17, 20172 min read
Parents don’t see value of kids’ play
Parents value structured activities over free play, according to a Gallup survey, “despite research associating unstructured, child-led...
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