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  • How Phones Became Electronic Pacifiers

    How Phones Became Electronic Pacifiers0

    Imagine walking into a restaurant one evening. Most of the diners are families. Suddenly you notice something odd. Every single child in the restaurant—not just the babies but also the teenagers—is using a pacifier. And then you realize many of the parents are too. Laugh if you want, but that’s more or less what I

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  • How People Used to Celebrate ‘Midsummer Night’

    How People Used to Celebrate ‘Midsummer Night’0

    Tonight, June 23, is the setting for Shakespeare’s play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The setting was chosen for the fanciful comedy, presumably, because of the character of the feasting that took place throughout Europe on this night in times past. In his introduction to the 1878 edition of the play, Samuel Neil provides us with

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  • How PC Moralism Cuts Us Off From Our Cultural Heritage

    How PC Moralism Cuts Us Off From Our Cultural Heritage0

    Anyone who has read classic literature knows that there are things in old books that offend our sensibilities. And this isn’t a new phenomenon either. Every generation sees something in the thought and writing of previous generations that it doesn’t like or that it finds offensive.    The difference today is not that there are

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  • How PC Humor Signals an Anxious Society

    How PC Humor Signals an Anxious Society0

    In my late teens I ran across a 1942 book entitled “They Loved to Laugh,” by Kathryn Worth. “What a great title,” I thought, mostly because I, too, love to laugh. There’s something so delightful about seeing the funny side of mundane life, and then letting that happiness and humor bubble up and spill over.

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  • How Participation Trophies are Infiltrating Report Cards

    How Participation Trophies are Infiltrating Report Cards0

    Report cards have long been the frightening moment of truth for children – and parents, for that matter – through the years. Everyone wants to experience the relief and thrill of an ice cream celebration over a whole slate of “As,” but all too often such desires never materialize. Those desires have materialized a lot

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  • How Parents Can Help Their College Students’ Mental Health

    How Parents Can Help Their College Students’ Mental Health2

    With college classes underway for the fall semester, parents may worry about how their children will navigate campus life, balance academics and social pressures, and find their pathway to a meaningful career. While parents of college students have long shared these common worries, they now confront new concerns. The number of college students experiencing mental

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