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  • Kids Must Learn History to Avoid Being Gaslighted by Media

    Kids Must Learn History to Avoid Being Gaslighted by Media1

    Growing up, history was one of my favorite school subjects. This might come as a surprise to some. After all, history class is traditionally thought of as the domain of the high school football coach who has very little interest in the subject itself, and therefore, passes little enthusiasm or knowledge of the past along

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  • Kids Keep Getting Their Freedom Later

    Kids Keep Getting Their Freedom Later4

    On Twitter last week, I asked those born BEFORE 1982 and those born AFTER to tell us what age they were first allowed outside to do things like walk to school or to a friend’s place. And yes, I goofed. If you were born IN 1982, you basically don’t exist. No poll for you! That’s

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  • Kids Have No Place at Protests

    Kids Have No Place at Protests0

    America is awash with protests right now. Thousands are taking to the streets – and it is not uncommon to see children among the crowds. There is a practical reason for that. The ongoing coronavirus shutdown means it is hard for parents to arrange babysitting. But many parents also believe taking children to protests constitutes

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  • Kids Don’t Have To Be This Anxious

    Kids Don’t Have To Be This Anxious1

    What if one of the big reasons kids are so anxious is simply this: They’re micromanaged by adults? As you may have heard me say over and over (I’m getting to that age!), kids are micromanaged. Increasingly they’re in adult-run classes, clubs and sports. Or they’re inside on a screen, instead of climbing a tree

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  • Kids Benefit From Seeing Euthanasia Close Up, Says Canadian Doctor

    Kids Benefit From Seeing Euthanasia Close Up, Says Canadian Doctor0

    Bedside gatherings at Canadian euthanasia deaths are normally an adults-only affair. Of course we’re not privy to most of them, but occasionally a journalist describes the last moments of an elderly man or woman in a magazine feature. Sometimes there’s a party, glasses of champagne, hilarity – until the doctor arrives. The friends and relatives gather around the bed

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  • Kids and Sexuality: Enough Is Enough

    Kids and Sexuality: Enough Is Enough0

    Stop. No, that’s not enough. To paraphrase “the girl” in Hemingway’s story “Hills Like White Elephants,” “Would you please please please please please please please stop?” Second-graders at a swimming pool should not be placed in an adult changing room. Anyone with a grain of sense understands this concept. In Asheville, North Carolina, I used

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