Tag Archives: early childhood development

Be Careful What You Wish For: Obama’s Preschool Plan

Posted on 02/19/2013 by

My TIME.com column today on why little kids need to be little kids (and we should be worried about turning preschool into ‘big school’): Early childhood advocates were elated by Obama’s State of the Union proposal to vastly expand our infrastructure of … Continue reading →

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Do Teachers Discriminate Against Boys?

Posted on 02/06/2013 by

Today’s TIME.com for you: Worries about the declining academic performance of boys, a topic of increasing alarm this past decade, have intensified recently. It seems that boys are being judged both unduly harshly and leniently at school. A new study on gender disparities … Continue reading →

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Why Pygmies Make Better Parents

Posted on 01/30/2013 by

My TIME.com post on why modern parents have things backwards about child development, nurturing, and the value of play: “With narcissism levels on the rise among college students, and kids everywhere growing up with inflated egos and deflated life prospects, it’s hard to make … Continue reading →

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Over-thinking Sesame Street

Posted on 11/27/2012 by

This is my TIME.com column today, Adults Read Too Much Into “Sesame Street,” about the bizarre adult conflation of Elmo/Kevin Clash and what it says about how we see children:   Many adults who have been tracking the story about Elmo-creator Kevin … Continue reading →

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