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"Materialistic kids have lower grades and higher rates of both depression and substance abuse than nonmaterialistic kids.”

Madeline Levine • The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids

(The problem of education hinges on this point. If parents were more developed themselves and rested in their own center, the opposition between authoritarian and laissez-faire education would hardly exist. Needing this being-authority, the child reacts to it with great eagerness; on the other hand, the child rebels against pressure or neglect by p

Erich Fromm • To Have or To Be? (Continuum Impacts)

Neurobehavioral Disorders of Childhood: An Evolutionary Perspective

Gerry Leisman

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Cover of Neurobehavioral Disorders of Childhood: An Evolutionary Perspective

My responsibility to the people I mentor is to add value. My goal is always to help them to become more than they are, not to try to make them something they’re not. These are the areas I focus on: • Strengths • Temperament • Track record • Passion • Choices • Advice • Support, Resources/People • Game plan • Feedback • Encouragement

John C. Maxwell • The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential

The One Big Thing You Can Do for Your Kids

Arthur C. Brooks theatlantic.com

Why is this decision so powerful? Chetty’s team has a possible answer for that. Three of the biggest predictors that a neighborhood will increase a child’s success are the percent of households in which there are two parents, the percent of residents who are college graduates, and the percent of residents who return their census forms. These are ne... See more

The Atlantic • The One Parenting Decision That Really Matters

When their child challenges their authority, the fragile sense of self that they did manage to cobble together starts to come apart.

Steven Kessler • The 5 Personality Patterns: Your Guide to Understanding Yourself and Others and Developing Emotional Maturity

It is simply not conceivable that 22%–70% of our population has a reading disability. What is clear is that students who do not thrive in first, second, and third grade continue to struggle through adulthood.

Denise Eide • Uncovering The Logic of English: A Common-Sense Approach to Reading, Spelling, and Literacy

In some schools, social and emotional learning, or SEL, has been implemented as a strategy to equip students with the emotional and psychological skills that will critically affect achievement both in and outside of the classroom. These schools, such as Garfield Elementary in Oakland, California, and Leataata Floyd Elementary in Sacramento, conside