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If kids can’t cross streets safely, why do we offer them sex changes?0
- Culture
- April 26, 2017
The very latest research by developmental psychologists shows that American children are not competent at crossing busy streets until they are at least 14. This news was important enough to be included in the daily briefing for members of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). In an article in a professional journal called Journal of
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Harvard Poll Finds that Millennials Basically Live in Bubbles 0
- Education
- April 26, 2017
A new poll from Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics (IOP) reveals that millennials, or people aged 18 to 29, are enclosed in ideological bubbles. Their social and professionals circles are largely segregated along partisan lines: conservatives interact almost exclusively with conservatives, liberals with liberals. Here’s a snapshot of the poll findings: More conservatives know
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‘Adulting’ School is Great – If It Happens in Elementary School 0
- Culture
- April 26, 2017
By now many have heard about the “adulting” school in Maine, which teaches young, college-and-career-age professionals to live responsible and self-sufficient lives. Among the topics covered in adulting school are cooking, household management, and financial basics. Not surprisingly, the adulting school has been met with outrage, not because the American public disapproves of the subjects
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Why Teaching Proper Manners to Kids is More Important Today Than Ever 0
- Culture
- April 25, 2017
Is it me or are bad displays of manners and generally rude behavior all around us? It turns out I’m not the only one who thinks that. According to a recent survey by the Associated Press, 74 percent of Americans think manners and behavior have deteriorated in the United States over the past several decades.
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The West Has Done Bad Things… But So Has Every Other Culture 0
- History
- April 25, 2017
It has become common for many Americans and Europeans to denounce the West because of its past sins. As David Brooks recently pointed out in his New York Times column, students in history courses are often taught that “Western civilization is a history of oppression.” This argument against the West usually takes the following
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The Main Trait That Sets Vocational Students Apart From College Kids 3
- Culture
- April 25, 2017
When I graduated from high school a number of years ago, there were a few – but only a few – rumblings concerning the high cost of college and the need for a more sensible, cost-effective path to a career, such as that offered by apprenticeship. I was curious about this alternative, but found it
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The Benefits of Delayed Schooling 0
- Education
- April 25, 2017
If you are one of those parents who decided to delay your child’s schooling, or forgo it altogether, you have plenty of company. According to Education Week, in the years 2008-2010 fewer than half of U.S. children under age five attended preschool, and the number of stay-at-home-parents has been rising over the past decade. Additionally, there are more
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The Bad Manners of the Campus Left (Video)0
- Culture
- April 25, 2017
It snowed last Thursday (April 20) in Colorado. It’s not unusual for folks in the Centennial State to witness snow in April if the snowflakes are outside. But on this occasion, they appeared inside a university classroom, which, it turns out, is not unusual either. Having been invited by the local chapter of the student
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Neil Ty, The Scientism Guy 0
- Politics
- April 25, 2017
Neil deGrasse Tyson has released a new video aimed at a what he sees as a growing anti-intellectualism problem in the United States. It was released at the same time as the March for Science and many Earth Day demonstrations. He reflects on what he thinks made America great and what’s stalling progress today. Science used to be respected,
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