Like all New Englanders I currently feel under siege. The hate for the New England Patriots, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady is at epic levels. Of course this has been going on for years. People are bored with the Patriots’…
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What Do I Tell My Son about Tom Brady?
Posted in Adolescence, Boys, Child Psychology, Communicating with Kids, Parenting, Psychology of Youth, Society & Culture, Sports Tagged with: Athletics, Civility, Competition, Consciousness, Culture, Education, Media, New England, Parenting, Patriots, Sports, Tom Brady, Truth
“Monstrous Children”
Modern children face an unfortunate fact. For all the love and attention we lavish on them, hardly a soul takes them seriously. Further, despite abundant indulgence and protection provided to middle-class children, in particular, few are given anything significant to…
Posted in Child Psychology, Childhood, Communicating with Kids, Early Childhood, Parenting, Psychology of Youth, Social Communication, Society & Culture Tagged with: Behavior, Boys, Childhood, Civility, Discipline, Executive Functions, Girls, Monstrous Children, Parenting, Respect, Social Communication, Society, Speech
Do Manners Make Kids Dull?
I came across this thoughtful piece on manners during childhood in The Guardian. Nice analysis of how a person’s socioeconomic class can make manners feel “suffocating.” Do others feel the same? Not sure. I know that I was raised…
All Social Contact Is Not Created Equal
Would most people agree that social contact is rapidly increasing? I believe so. But most would also agree that our understanding of what social contact means has broadened to include all forms of electronic contact. In fact, most social contact…
