Parenting

Parenting advice

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key articles, videos, books

• Article Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
• Video 5 Parenting Styles and Their Effects on Life
• Article Why You Should Encourage Your Kid's Very Specific Obsession 
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Parenting and teaching after a crisis, tragedy

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A collection of articles and videos looking at Parenting and teaching after a crisis, tragedy

• Article Student Protests: Questions and Answers | Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Article Resiliency After Violence - Ideas for talking with students | Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Article Nine Ways to Help Students Discuss Guns and Violence | Berkeley- Greater Good Magazine
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Kids And The Internet - A Parenting Challenge

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a collection of articles, videos and discussions about the challenges of controlling a child's experience on the internat

• Article Something is wrong on the internet – James Bridle – Medium
• Article Streaming platform Twitch added to Australia's teen social media ban
• Article Is social media causing childhood depression? - BBC News
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Coding for kids

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Easy ways to teach tech skills to kids

• Video What Most Schools Don't Teach - Learn to Code
• Article A 14-Year-Old Made An App To Help Alzheimer’s Patients Recognize Their Loved Ones | Fast Company
• Article Taking a second look at the learn-to-code craze
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Soccer Health Issues (for parents, coaches, kids)

6 resources

What is heat stroke? Concussion? Some simple videos for kids, parents, and coaches...

• Article Rate of young athletes needing ACL surgery has risen 400% in 10 years | Daily Mail Online
• Video What happens when you get heat stroke?
• Article The Downsides of America’s Hyper-Competitive Youth-Soccer Industry
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Using Minecraft to help kids with autism

2 resources

a collection of articles and videos for parents and teachers to help kids with autism

• Video How I use Minecraft to help kids with autism | Stuart Duncan | TEDxYorkU
• Article This "Minecraft" Community Is Saving The Lives Of Children With Autism | BuzzFeed

Violence, tragedy and the Internet - for kids, parents and teachers

2 resources

a collection of articles and resources about Violence, tragedy and the Internet - for kids, parents and teachers

• Article How To Talk With Kids About Terrible Things | MindShift
• Article Resiliency After Violence - Ideas for talking with students | Harvard Graduate School of Education

Learn to Cook

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a collection about cooking

• Article Beyond recipes - Learning How to Cook - The Atlantic
• Article Learn To Cook - NYT Cooking
• Article The Strange, Uplifting Tale of “Joy of Cooking” Versus the Food Scientist | The New Yorker
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Ethics and Teaching

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a collection of articles about ethics and teaching

• Article Why does France insist school pupils master philosophy? - BBC News
• Article To Lie Or Not To Lie - Open University
• Article AI in the public interest: New fund will advance the ethics of artificial intelligence - Knight Foundation
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Using Hip-hop to Teach Math - to Kids

3 resources

a collection of thoughts and research on Using Hip-hop to Teach Math - to Kids

• Article Nearpod acquires Flocabulary (2019)
• Article Flocabulary Partners with Clever to Offer Easy Rostering for Schools
• Article What Is Hip-Hop-Based Education Doing in Nice Fields Such as Early Childhood and Elementary Education?

Sports and Parenting

13 resources

a collection about Sports and Parenting

• Video How playing sports benefits your body ... and your brain - Leah Lagos and Jaspal Ricky Singh
• Article Teach Your Kid to Be a Good Sport | LifeHacker
• Article How to Avoid Burnout in Youth Sports - The New York Times
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Understanding autism

8 resources

a collection of articles and videos about autism

• Article The autistic view of the world is not the neurotypical cliché – Katherine May | Aeon Essays
• Article It all made sense when we found out we were autistic - BBC News
• Video How I use Minecraft to help kids with autism | Stuart Duncan | TEDxYorkU
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Positive Psychology and Supporting Students With Learning Difficulties

2 resources

a collection of articles and videos for parents and teachers to help kids with learning difficulties

• Article Why So Many Gifted Yet Struggling Students Are Hidden In Plain Sight : NPR Ed
• Article This "Minecraft" Community Is Saving The Lives Of Children With Autism | BuzzFeed

Parenting: Effect of Music on Kids Brains

2 resources

a collection about Parenting: Effect of Music on Kids Brains

• Podcast The Surprising Impact That Music Can Have On Little Kids — And Their Parents : NPR
• Podcast If You Want To Help Your Child's Brain Development, Start When They're Born : NPR

Parenting: Effect of Reading on Kids Brains

11 resources

a collection about Parenting: Effect of Reading on Kids Brains

• Article What's Going On In Your Child's Brain When You Read Them A Story? : NPR Ed
• Article How chat fiction app Hooked got 20M teens reading on their phone
• Article 'Nothing short of remarkable': Study finds parents' chats with their toddlers pay off 10 years later
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Microsoft and Education

4 resources

a collection of articles about Microsoft and Education

• Article Microsoft acquires social learning platform Flipgrid – TechCrunch
• Article Can LinkedIn Learning help train your employees? - TechRepublic
• Article A ‘Netflix for Education’? Why LinkedIn’s New Product Should Give Us Pause - The Chronicle of Higher Education
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ADHD, attention deficit disorder - Parenting and teenagers

4 resources

ADHD, attention deficit disorder - Parenting and teenagers

• Podcast ADHD & How Anyone Can Improve Their Focus | Episode 37 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
• Article Nootropics; Study drugs make healthy people worse at problem-solving, not better
• Podcast Focus Toolkit: Tools to Improve Your Focus & Concentration | Episode 88 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
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Parenting and Creativity

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key articles, videos, books. A collection of resources about Parenting and Creativity that explores the dynamic relationship between nur...

• Video Tim Harford: How frustration can make us more creative | TED Talk
• Article Why Being Obsessively Organized Makes You More Creative | ideo
• Article Why Are Some People More Creative Than Others? - Scientific American
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Parenting advice - regarding Grit, Independence and Failure

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key articles, videos, books

• Video Why modern America creates fragile children | Jonathan Haidt
• Video How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting | TED - Julie Lythcott-Haims
• Article Parents: let your kids fail. You’ll be doing them a favor — Quartz
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Parenting, DIY, Maker Movement and Creativity

3 resources

A collection of articles about Parenting, DIY, Maker Movement and Creativity

• Article WIRED’s Guide to Turning Your Kids Into Masterful Makers | WIRED
• Article What Is the Maker Movement and Why Should You Care?
• Article How to Make a Water Rocket With Your Kid

Team sports, parenting and education

5 resources

What do kids learn from team sports? This is a collection of articles about Team sports, parenting and education

• Article Teach Your Kid to Be a Good Sport | LifeHacker
• Video The difference between winning and succeeding | John Wooden
• Article When You Give A Girl A Pair Of Cleats
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Really good Children's books

3 resources

a collection of beautifully designed Kids books

• Article New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Books - The New York Times
• Article Stephen Hawking’s Charming Children’s Book about Time-Travel, Co-Written with His Daughter – Brain Pickings
• Article The Loveliest Children’s Books of 2018 – Brain Pickings

Vaping, e-cigarettes and health issues

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a collection of articles about Juul, e-cigarettes, vaping and regulations

• Article Every state but Alaska has reported vape lung victims, now numbering 1,479 nationwide – TechCrunch
• Podcast Nicotine’s Effects on the Brain & Body & How to Quit Smoking or Vaping | Episode 90 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
• Podcast The Effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) on the Brain & Body | Episode 92 - Huberman Lab | Podcast on Spotify
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Coding for kids - platforms, tools - beginners

6 resources

Easy ways to teach tech skills to kids

• Article Swift Playgrounds - Apple
• Website Tynker - Learn to Code with Minecraft
• Article Learn Python - Turtle programming for kids - art and python coding
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Autism at Work - offices, team building

3 resources

a collection of articles and videos about autism

• Article Offices Can Be Hell for People Whose Brains Work Differently - VICE
• Article An Office Designed for Workers With Autism - The New York Times
• Article The firm whose staff are all autistic - BBC News

Parenting advice - on careers, schools, and grades

5 resources

a collection of articles and resources about Parenting advice - on careers, schools, and grades

• Video Julie Lythcott-Haims: How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting | TED Talk
• Article The Key To Raising A Happy Child | MindShift
• Article Children today are suffering a severe deficit of play – Peter Gray | Aeon Essays
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Give your child chores - Parenting advice - regarding Grit, Independence and Failure

3 resources

a collection of articles, videos and resources about giving your child chores - Parenting advice - regarding Grit, Independence and Failure

• Video Julie Lythcott-Haims: How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting | TED Talk
• Video How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting | TED - Julie Lythcott-Haims
• Article Science Says the Most Successful Kids Have Parents Who Do These 9 Things

Kids and bullying - a parenting challenge

3 resources

Kids and bullying - a parenting challenge

• Article Teens Are Being Bullied 'Constantly' on Instagram
• Article The lasting effects of childhood bullying are surprisingly not all detrimental in adulthood
• Article Are Weird People More Creative?

Sleep, parenting and teenagers

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Sleep, parenting and teenagers

• Article Let Your Teens Stay Up All Night, And Other Pandemic Parenting Advice
• Article Quaranteenagers: Strategies for Parenting in Close Quarters - The New York Times
• Article Extreme night owls: ‘I can’t tell anyone what time I go to bed’
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Parenting advice and critical thinking

4 resources

Parenting advice and critical thinking

• Book Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam M. Grant
• Article Ask Your Kid 'How Did You Think About It?'  || Lifehacker
• Article Stop Answering Your Kid's Questions
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Audiobooks, Reading and Parenting

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Audiobooks, Reading and Parenting

• Article How chat fiction app Hooked got 20M teens reading on their phone
• Article Yes, Audiobooks Are Real Reading. Here Are the Best Ones for Kids. | EdSurge News

Author Angela Duckworth - Grit and Human Behavior

2 resources

Author Angela Duckworth - Grit and Human Behavior

• Book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
• Podcast #109 Angela Duckworth: Grit and Human Behavior - The Knowledge Project

Coding for kids - resources for schools, parents

4 resources

Easy ways to teach tech skills to kids

• Website Scratch - MIT - Imagine, Program, Share
• Website Vidcode: Creative Coding
• Article Vidcode
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Parenting and teenagers

7 resources

A collection of articles about Parenting and teenagers

• Article Let Your Teens Stay Up All Night, And Other Pandemic Parenting Advice
• Article Teen Marijuana Vaping Soars, Displacing Other Habits - The New York Times (2019)
• Article W.E.B. Dubois on Earning One’s Privilege: His Magnificent Letter of Advice to His Teenage Daughter
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Life360 - privacy issues and location-tracking app for parents, kids

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Life360 - privacy issues and location-tracking app for parents, kids

• Article Life360 sells its family location tracking data — now it owns Tile - The Verge
• Article Life360 Is Selling Precise Location Data on Its Tens of Millions of Users – The Markup

Kids And The Internet - harassment and bullying - a parenting challenge

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Kids And The Internet - harassment and bullying - a parenting challenge

• Video Social Media Dangers Exposed by Mom Posing as 11-Year-Old
• Article Teens Are Being Bullied 'Constantly' on Instagram

Juul, e-cigarettes, vaping and regulations

6 resources

a collection of articles about Juul, e-cigarettes, vaping and regulations

• Article How Juul made vaping viral to become worth a dirty $38 billion – TechCrunch
• Article Schools Struggle With Vaping Explosion - The New York Times
• Article How Juul, founded on a life-saving mission, became the most embattled startup of 2018 - Fast Company
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YouTube, Kids And The Internet - A Parenting Challenge

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a collection of articles, videos and discussions about the challenges of controlling a child's experience on the internat

• Article The Dangers of YouTube for Young Children - The Atlantic
• Article I watched 1,000 hours of YouTube Kids’ content and this is what happened…
• Article YouTube is littered with mass-produced videos made by automated bots | Hacker Noon
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Parenting advice - Homework

6 resources

key articles, videos, books

• Article Improve Homework Time With These Concentration Hacks for Kids || Lifehacker
• Video 11 Secrets to Memorize Things Quicker Than Others
• Video Chunking - A Learning Technique
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