My daughter’s Engineering Mind-map Wall
College mechanical engineering student uses mind-map wall to get A's in school. Her mom writes, " I have no idea what it all means, but I do know it helped her to get an A in the course. "
The Power of Saying, "I’m Sorry"
It's really easy to call someone a bully, but it's not so easy to be called a bully yourself. We’ve all made mistakes in our lives – sometimes when we were kids and didn’t know better, and sometimes when we’re adults and really should. Making mistakes is part of being human, but realizing we’ve made a mistake and not doing anything about it compounds the problem.
One Mother’s Experience with an ADHD Child
Until I was a parent with a child diagnosed with ADHD who scored very high on “impulsivity,” I’d hear these statements about ADHD and think they made sense. There is a pervading rightness to all of these statements, if they just weren’t so wrong. And it is this humbled version of me (a far cry from [...]
Homework: Yea or Nay?
What do you think of homework? Does it have value? The research on homework is controversial. There's evidence on both sides of the equation. I wonder, however, if the research considers the parent equation. What do you think? Is there value in homework? Do the pros outweigh the cons? Do the cons ou [...]
Noise pollution and Media Addiction: Dangerous Road Ahead
Media and noise pollution are everywhere. When do people reflect or learn how to engage their minds in quiet space? What price will our children pay?