Gestures and Childhood Creativity
In the philosophy of mind, there's a concept called "embodied cognition," which holds that thinking isn't just something we do with our brains; we do it with our
“high-achieving people might be unintentionally harming their kids by bringing their attitudes about work into their parenting”
Psychologist Shefali Tsbary makes the case that high-achieving people might be unintentionally harming their kids by bringing their attitudes about work into their parenting. "In this culture we
Identity projects, adolescence, and success
A recent book by Stefanie DeLuca, Susan Clampet-Lundquist, and Kathryn Edin, Coming of Age in the Other America, that aims to explain how some poor kids manage to thrive,
The Bernice Eiduson longitudinal study of scientists and STEM subject snobbery
The Guardian has a piece by 16 year-old Orli Vogt-Vincent about “STEM subject snobbery,” and how the emphasis on science, technology, education and maths* leads us to both underfund
Taking rest without making work for someone else
Two pieces crossed my transom that have me thinking about this challenge: How do we make time for rest and leisure— but not at someone else’s expense? Large
Directed, hijacked, aimless, and wandering minds: On mind-wandering versus distraction
I’ve been thinking about different forms of distraction, and the differences between distraction and mind-wandering. We talk a lot about focus and distraction, and often talk about them
On the Pixar theory of work
I have to start by confessing that I love LOVE LOVE Pixar movies. I think Cars and The Incredibles are fantastic, I love Finding Nemo (it's amazing how little kids at
Scraps of time versus sheets of time: why unbroken summers are good
The Guardian's Anonymous Academic pleads with the universe (or at least deans) to "give us back our summers:" time is not the same as pounds and pence. If I
Digital detox, Brazilian edition
Another country with a kids' digital detox camp: Brazil! "If at least we could take selfies in the bathroom, I wouldn't mind so much not having access to
What “How people ignored each other before smartphones” gets wrong
This has been making the rounds on Twitter recently: See? People were ignoring each other with paper, and newspapers, and knitting! So why are you whiners complaining about