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6 Things I Regret From My First Year of Motherhood
After four kids, do I get to call myself a mothering expert? OK, definitely not. But looking back, I want to smack my first-time mom self upside the head, because, whoa regrets.
AltSchool: Is personalized learning the future of school?
Looking for a new challenge, Ventilla pondered how one might rethink the entire school experience and apply personalization to a pre-K through eighth-grade school. In essence, he's applying what he learned in Silicon Valley and merging that with education.
Rethinking Intelligence: How Does Imagination Measure Up?
“In the school system no one sees your inner stream of consciousness, your imagination. They only see how slow you are,” Kaufman said. That would have been true for Kaufman throughout school, except one perceptive teacher recognized his simmering frustration and was willing to look past his long history in special education classes. She gave him an untimed test, which ultimately showed he was likely capable of participating in general education classes.
7 Pieces of Parenting Advice You Really Should Ignore
Yep... some of that "great" advice you get should just be forgotten.
Start-Up Keeps Stay-At-Home Moms On The Career Track
Too short (and unpaid) maternity leaves, expensive childcare and long commutes are all reasons a large number of educated and skilled women leave the workforce after they have kids. What becomes clear pretty quickly for these women is that they're giving up way more than a job: they're giving up the independence money brings, they're leaving blank years on their résumés and they're no longer exercising the specific muscles that made them really good at the jobs they have left behind.
The new generation of pregnancy websites and apps you need to know about
Here are some most know websites and apps when pregnant.
Mommy Approved
7 Hospital Bag Essentials to Breastfeed Your Newborn
Here are 7 breastfeeding essentials you’ll want to put in your hospital bag now.
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Smartest Kid on the Block
What Screen Time Really Does to Kids' Brains
Screen time is an inescapable reality of modern childhood, with kids of every age spending hours upon hours in front of iPads, smartphones and televisions.
How to Raise a Good Citizen
As parents, we all want to raise good kids. But what does being a “good kid” actually mean? When your children are young, it might not mean very much. Consider how little your kids have to do to earn the label “good” in the following all-too-familiar situations:
Healthy and Happy
Why Do Girls Tend to Have More Anxiety Than Boys?
The laid-back, underachieving boy; the hyperachieving, anxious girl. Over the three decades since I graduated from medical school, and especially over the past 10 years, this pattern has become increasingly common in my practice.