Praising children - which amounts to conditional approval - just "creates a continual longing for the missing UNconditional parental appreciation and affection" that they really need.
-Profs. Avi Assor & Karen Tal in the Journal of Adolescence
Our aim is to be happy—to find peace of mind. I'm not talking about the next life, or anything to do with God, but about being peaceful, happy individuals here and now.
As an educator, I am always reflecting and trying to do better. As a parent I want my kids to love themselves. How we speak about food and our bodies affects them. https://t.co/FTX2VYRAej
An article in the International Journal of STEM Education, Alan Schoenfeld asserts that the way we're teaching kids math isn't working "much of the inductive part of mathematics has been lost & the deductive part is presented as rote procedures rather than a form of sense making"