Mistakes are an inescapable part of life. This is especially true during childhood—where kids make most use of trial and error to learn the ways of life. Almost ...
Many adults believe in punishment, whether it’s timeouts, spanking, or loss of privileges. “Kids need consequences for bad behavior,” parents often tell me. Young children do need us to pay attention ...
The rigid structures of language we once clung to with certainty are cracking. Take gender, nationality or religion: these ...
The rigid structures of language we once clung to with certainty are cracking. Take gender, nationality or religion: these concepts no longer sit comfortably in the stiff linguistic boxes of the last ...