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  • 10 Habits That Might Be Killing Your Child’s Interest in Reading

    10 Habits That Might Be Killing Your Child’s Interest in Reading0

    The Nation’s 2015 reading scores carry a serious message to parents: American students aren’t reading. It’s easy to pass the blame for this off on the schools, and in all likelihood, the education system is contributing to the general decline in reading. But do American parents also share part of the blame? I asked myself

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  • 10 Great Summer Classics Your Kids Will Enjoy

    10 Great Summer Classics Your Kids Will Enjoy0

    • June 5, 2015

    Ah… summertime. School is out and your kids are hanging around, complaining of boredom or playing on your iPhone. How do you ensure that your children won’t fritter away their summer in useless activities that fail to stretch their mind? For starters, why not enroll your children in a summer reading contest at your local

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  • 10 Great Quotes from ‘War and Peace’ (the book)

    10 Great Quotes from ‘War and Peace’ (the book)0

    1) “The only thing that we know is that we know nothing — and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.”   2) “Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.”   3) “You will die — and it will

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  • 10 Federal Debt Facts That Will Make You Feel Queasy

    10 Federal Debt Facts That Will Make You Feel Queasy0

    It’s no secret that the U.S. government is swimming in red ink. Government statistics show federal debt currently stands at $19.3 trillion. The problem is that the human mind has trouble understanding a figure so huge. Nineteen trillion is just a number—unless it has context. Here are 10 facts that will help you understand how

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  • 10 Facts on Motherhood and Children in the Middle Ages

    10 Facts on Motherhood and Children in the Middle Ages0

    Jeffrey L. Singman is a historian who writes about everyday in life in history. Over the weekend, I finally got to cracking his book The Middle Ages: Everyday Life in Medieval Europe. The book offers a great glimpse into life in the Middle Ages from the perspective of people who weren’t kings, popes, bishops, lords

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  • 10 Cognitive Biases That Affect Your Everyday Decisions

    10 Cognitive Biases That Affect Your Everyday Decisions0

    A cognitive bias is defined as a pattern of thinking that deviates from norm or rationality in judgment. Inferences about other people and situations are often woven in an illogical fashion, and individuals can create their own “subjective reality” from their respective perceptions. Got that? Okay. Let’s take a look at 10 of the most

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