Babies learn through exploration

This is apparently breaking news, but parents know it, for heaven’s sake. Now we can quote scientific research showing that ‘teaching too much can stifle exploration.’  A Boston Globe article 3-28-2011 by Carolyn Y. Johnson…...

Where the Heart Listens

The most amazing happy news . . .  Where the Heart Listens: a handbook for parents and their allies in a global society – the Parents Forum handbook – has won the Parent Tested Parent Approved PTPA Seal of Approval! Look here:...

YouTube Videos incl. Question to President Obama

Take a look, there are now three videos on YouTube to give you a sense of what our program is about.  The shorter one is the question I submitted to ‘Ask Obama’ for his internet press conference January 27 (my question did not get picked, oh well) and...

Charm School introduction text

Here is the text, what I said in the longer Jan.27 YouTube . . . We are here tonight to prepare for MIT’s Charm School.  You may think that MIT and charm don’t quite fit in the same sentence, but as a long time employee I can tell you that some engineers and even some...

WSJ Are Chinese mothers better?

Well, actually, the title of the article was ‘Why Chinese mothers are better’ and in it the author, Amy Chua, described her very rigorous and apparently very successful parenting style.  My letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal begged to differ:...