Joanne Jacobs
Raising self-regulating kids
Children — and their parents and teachers face a “crisis of self-regulation,” argues Katherine Reynolds Lewis in The Good News About Bad...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 28, 20181 min read
Hyperactive can be a good thing
Leonard Mlodinow, a physicist and father, writes In Praise of ADHD in the New York Times. Ten years ago, when my son Nicolai was 11, his...
Joanne Jacobs
May 13, 20171 min read
Fidget spinners: Do they help or distract?
Fidget spinners — handheld, multi-pronged tops — are supposed to help hyperactive and anxious kids stay focused. Some teachers say...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 14, 20171 min read
More recess helps kids focus
Four 15-minute recess breaks each day is helping kindergarten and first-grade students stay focused in class at four Fort Worth...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 13, 20172 min read
Move to learn
Kids are spending too much time sitting indoors writes Angela Hanscom, a pediatric occupational therapist, in the Washington Post‘s...
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