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  • Why Does America Have a Second Amendment?

    Why Does America Have a Second Amendment?0

    Mass shootings have become almost a regular occurrence in modern America. Every few months, we watch the television reports in horror: a lone gunman descends on some location—a concert, school, church, or nightclub—and opens fire on a group of unarmed people. It has become customary for Americans to call on federal lawmakers to “do something”

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  • Why Do We Wait so Long to Send Kids to College?

    Why Do We Wait so Long to Send Kids to College?1

    Once upon a time, health insurance benefits were an ideal way of grabbing new employees. Times have changed. Free college is now the way to go. At least that seems to be Walmart’s tactic. Walmart began its college enticement last year, according to Forbes, paying for the “tuition, fees and books” of its employees. The

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  • Why Do We Like Being Scared?

    Why Do We Like Being Scared?0

    Fear may be as old as life on Earth. It is a fundamental, deeply wired reaction, evolved over the history of biology, to protect organisms against perceived threat to their integrity or existence. Fear may be as simple as a cringe of an antenna in a snail that is touched, or as complex as existential

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  • Why Do We Keep Underestimating Kids?

    Why Do We Keep Underestimating Kids?3

    Child protection laws and policies that determine at what age kids can do things on their own are often wildly out of whack with actual child development — and grossly underestimate kids’ capabilities. That’s not just ME saying that. (Even though I always do.) Now it’s all there in a comprehensive review just published in

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  • Why Do We Encourage Gender Specific Clothes for Transgender Kids, but Gender Neutral Clothes for Straight Kids?

    Why Do We Encourage Gender Specific Clothes for Transgender Kids, but Gender Neutral Clothes for Straight Kids?0

    For years, fashion industries have been trying to tell us what we should and should not wear. Hence, when the fashion industry decides it must market clothes that are PC, it stands to reason that the masses have no choice but to follow suit and dress accordingly. Such a scenario has most recently been on

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  • Why Do U.S. Schools Focus So Much on Self-Esteem?

    Why Do U.S. Schools Focus So Much on Self-Esteem?0

    When it comes to education, the U.S. system isn’t the one countries look to as a model to emulate. At least they shouldn’t, considering that the U.S. places 17th in reading, 21st in science, and 26th in math in international matchups. But according to The Atlantic, there is one country that is doing well in

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