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Don’t Seal Your Child’s Fate Based on a Kindergarten Test!

By Ellen Galinsky | Published: February 2, 2010
Cross posted from the Huffington Post: If you haven’t read New York Magazine’s January 31, 2010 article on “The Junior Meritocracy,” read it right now. New York has done a stupendous job of summarizing the best research arguing that children’s fate should NOT be sealed by a test they take for Kindergarten admission at age four. [...]
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What Makes the Perfect Mother?

By FWInews | Published: December 18, 2009
Every week a new study comes out giving parents, especially women, new fodder to judge their ability as mothers.  From the London Times: “Now, a new cause for alarm: a report from the think-tank Demos that says “tough love” breeds smart children. After tracking the fate of 9,000 families, the authors claim that children of [...]
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