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  • Why Danish Parenting Works To Make Happy Kids

    Can you really raise happy, well-behaved, resilient, confident children just by consistently rewarding them with delicious pastries? Perhaps, but t...
  • 20 Popular Teacher Blogs You Can Start

    Are you a teacher? Maybe you’ve always wanted to start a blog and held off because you didn’t think you could come up with ideas on what to write a...
  • Why I Decided to Update the Language in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Children’s Books

    In a 1973 letter to the editor of The Horn Book Magazine, my mother, Ursula K. Le Guin, took Roald Dahl’s books to task. While acknowledging her ow...
  • 2,000 Years of Kindness

    From Marcus Aurelius to Einstein, poets and philosophers on the deepest wellspring of our humanity. “Practice kindness all day to everybody and yo...
  • Aging boom drives tech innovation for and by seniors

    Richard Wade fixes his home computer by looking at his phone, clicking on Google or YouTube, and watching instructional videos from people he descr...
  • Swanson: Carlos Alcaraz, a nice guy finishing first a lot

    INDIAN WELLS — Carlos Alcaraz is the kind of guy you’d want to bring home – to your kids. Or, for the next week, the type of kid you’d want to brin...
  • What is ‘Brave New World’ about and could it happen today? | Opinion

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  • The Dark Knight Trilogy 15 Years Later: Film & Comic Influences!

    The films of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy – Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) – are often cited...
  • 143 Heartwarming Dog Photos Before & After Their Life-Changing Adoption (New Pics)

    We all love a great transformation story. Whether it’s someone turning their life around or working hard to get their health on track, we can’t hel...
  • Mark Hamill Made A Language Out Of The Joker’s Laughs For Batman: The Animated Series

    Mark Hamill has been voicing the role of The Joker for DC/Warner Bros. for over three decades. We may know him as Luke Skywalker from "Star Wars," ...
  • Help Children Be Responsible Pet Owners

    Pets can be wonderful companions for children, teaching them responsibility and providing them with unconditional love. They probably fell in love ...
  • Cultural Norms and ‘Good’ Fiction: An Interview with Jen Wei Ting

    This post is a bookend to the post I did last month where I interviewed Damyanti Biswas. She discussed how she had to learn how to change her narr...