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What makes a good parent? And our book club discussion on How Children Succeed

We're looking at Scientific America's idea on What Makes a Good Parent.  They refer to the ten competencies and essential parenting skills.

What Makes A Good Parent
Scientific American

NEW!  Book Club
This semester we will be reading the book by Paul Tough:  How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character.  Please pick up a copy of this book at the library (there are ebooks and audios there as well), at your local bookstore or online.  We will discuss the book in class at 9:40 in the morning class and 12:40 in the afternoon class.  There will also be an online discussion here in the comment section.

This week we are reading the introduction, and we'll begin on 9/11 and 9/15 in class.

Here is an excerpt of the introduction (unfortunately, it is missing the last two pages)

Consider This:
Which parenting competencies and essential parenting skills surprised you?  Which ones do you excel in?  What are your areas of growth?

 Book Club:  What are your thoughts on the Introduction?


Comments

Contact: said…
Hi Nancy -- Thought you and other parents might appreciate this NYT article about Steve Jobs' (and other tech executives') low-tech approach to parenting, particularly since it came up in class (and certainly will continue to be an issue for all of us parenting in the digital age!) It's unfortunate that the article didn't mention any of the research reflecting negative effects of screen time.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/fashion/steve-jobs-apple-was-a-low-tech-parent.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone&_r=0

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See you in class!

-Kelly
September 15, 2014 at 8:26 AM
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