High Freedom, Low Income, High Purpose: An Unconventional Life For An Inhospitable Time
Why Are Dreams Of School Always Bad Dreams?
Smartphone Ownership In 11 To 13 Year Olds Correlates With… Wellbeing?
“The study, called The Life in Media Survey, was conducted by researchers at the University of South Florida in collaboration with the Harris Poll (Martin et al., 2025). The study surveyed 1,510 children, ages 11 to 13, in Florida… Kids with smartphones were less likely than kids without smartphones to agree with the statement, “Life […]
“As We Grow Old, We Endure Many Losses, Yet We Become Happier. Why?”
“Why Parents Should Do Less For Their Kids”
On Supporting Autonomy In Young Kids (Via Parenting)
Is ADHD A Personality Trait, Not A Disorder?
“What Good Is Recess?”
“A Brief History Of Education”
“In relation to the biological history of our species, schools are very recent institutions. For hundreds of thousands of years, before the advent of agriculture, we lived as hunter-gatherers. Elsewhere I have summarized the evidence from anthropology that children in hunter-gatherer cultures learned what they needed to know to become effective adults through their own […]
A Critique Of National Standards
“Children learn when they are engaged and interested, when they want to learn, and engagement in the classroom cannot be legislated or coerced; it never results from drill. When engagement occurs, it results from the intelligence, creativity, and sensitivity of teachers who feel empowered to innovate, which power was stripped away by state mandates. Moreover, […]