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March 3, 2020

O Tempora! O Mores! Children, Manners and Civility

Children Showing Good Manners

The lengthy advice given by Polonius to his son, Laertes, in Act I of Hamlet — ending famously with “This above all: to thine own self be true” — is not the first example we have in history or in literature of a parent advising a child in the arena of manners and civility. For […]

Article by Ken Furtado / Child Development, Culture Wars, Parenting

January 21, 2020

Is Math Hard to Learn, or What?!

boy and girl in a boat in a sea of math formulas

In poll after poll, when people are asked what are the most difficult subjects to learn in school, math tops the list. The reasons that are offered are myriad, and according to Kevin Anderton, writing for Forbes, most are misconceptions. First, lets deal with one that is not a misconception, but an actual learning disability. […]

Article by Ken Furtado / Culture Wars, Mathematics / algebra, dyscalculia, learning, learning disability, morris-tutoring, phoenix tutoring, test scores

December 10, 2019

Will the Internet Make You Stupid?

Cell phone grabs a piece of a child's brain

It’s been said that the Internet does not make you stupid, it merely broadcasts your stupidity to the world. But the pundits may be wrong. Recent thought-provoking studies, which beg to differ, argue that the Internet may indeed make you stupid! And they have evidence to support them. Writer Nicholas Carr earned a Pulitzer Prize […]

Article by Ken Furtado / Culture Wars, Parenting, Technology / American academy of pediatrics, google, hypertext, kids and technology, language development, Nicholas Carr, phoenix tutoring, Pulitzer Prize, screen guidelines, ScreenQ, The Shadows

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