Parenting & Education

The inverse power of praise

What do we make of a boy like Thomas?

Thomas (his middle name) is a fifth-grader at the highly c...

Despite marketing claims, parents who want to give their infants a boost in learning language probably should limit the amount o...

Parents can help their children understand mathematics by talking about the numbers and figuring used in daily life, preparing t...

A leading scientist has dismissed the latest approach to teaching that has been endorsed by the Government and embraced by teach...

Parents must rediscover the N-word or risk raising confused children with no self-control

No. One of the shortest, easiest, mo...

In the age of Myspace and YouTube and Google Earth, the space between East and West seems to shrink. But in the area of self-per...