Children

Comic Book Craze

While comics books, television shows about comic books, and movies about comics books have maintained a constant following for the past eighty years, it is safe to say that over the past decade there has been a resurgence of media shaped around the characters appearing on comic book pages. It’s hard to pinpoint a specific moment when love for superheroes went mainstream (as in, considered acceptable for social consumption outside of young children and niche groups of teens and adults)

Racism In America

Racism in America has gone from blatant, obvious expression to nuanced, subtle behaviors. It is an example of how two seemingly conflictual feelings can coexist both in an individual and in society at large. In the summer of 1955, Emmett Till walked into a grocery store to buy gum. In 2012, Trayvon Martin walked into a grocery store to buy Skittles and an iced tea. Both were brutally shot to death at close range. Racism (and profiling) are at work in

Does Preschool Matter?

This article gets mixed reviews from me. I agree with the final conclusion that preschool is an essential step toward eliminating the achievement gap. However, the presented theory that money automatically gives children access to enrichment, I find faulty. In my opinion it is the interaction of parents and children that set the stage for enthusiasm or lack thereof. Children are born with a natural curiosity and quest for knowledge. It is up to parents to encourage and join in

What’s Wrong With the Teenage Mind?

In the 1940’s, Anna Freud described adolescence as ‘developmental psychopathology.’ Parents of teenagers frequently will describe their sweet children as having become alien. This article provides additional insight into this developmental period by exploring the interactional parts of the brain. One of the most potent lines, “If you think of the teenage brain as a car, today’s adolescents acquire an accelerator a long time before they can steer and brake” brings us up to date with current adolescents and