Have you ever noticed when a car honks or a whistle blows, everyone around turns to stare? It’s like we’re hard wired to stop, stare and pay attention. Well I think that’s what the media’s like in our lives — we’re going about our daily stuff and then “Wwwhheeewww” goes that whistle, and the media [...]
So it’s almost halloween and I have violence on my mind. Really you can hardly go anywhere or turn on the tv without some ghoulish face staring you down, a blood coated dagger in its hand. But the violence problem I want to talk about came in the form of a warning from the American [...]
Of course you do.
The bottom line?
Self-discipline = Success.
Research proves it. Self-discipline is twice as strong a predictor of school success as intelligence. But kids don’t naturally learn this — especially in today’s consumer culture. It’s up to parents to help develop this critical trait.
That’s why the National Institute on Media and the Family created Say [...]
I’ve been talking about Disney’s Baby Einstein videos for years. Parents across the country leave the hospital toting these videos in hopes of setting their children up for a lifetime of success — so much so that 28% of babies under 2 now have televisions in their bedrooms. However, screens don’t make babies smart, caring [...]
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