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Is learning to use a smartphone like learning to ride a bike?
After a few recent warm days, we optimistically went out and bought our son a bigger bike. They guy at the store says he’ll “grow into it.” It is so big that I can ride it. After all, he’s only about two inches shorter than his mom as a just-turned-twelve… Read more
Secondhand Stress for Parents from Remote School? It is a thing.
Is remote school stressing you out? Several stressed out parents and really smart experts were kind enough to speak with me for this story in the Washington Post. “We’re a fly on the wall in a room we were never meant to be in,” said Robyn Silverman, host of the How… Read more
Social Media Shaming, for CNN Opinion
While a very public outing and social media shaming of a few young people here and there might offer some satisfaction, it unfortunately lets too the rest of the community — students, parents and educators — off the hook. Finding the racists and exposing them becomes the focus, instead of… Read more