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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 9, 20182 min read
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...
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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...
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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...
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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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