Why measure by the week and not by the day?
Six levers, measured by the week, not by the day.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine · Parenting Matters: Supporting Parents of Children Ages 0-8
Which matters more to fix: bedtime or waking time?
The screen gets what is left of the budget, not what it asks for.
Organizația Mondială a Sănătății · Guidelines on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Sleep for Children under 5 Years of Age
Which is stronger for a two-year-old: an adult who talks a lot, or an adult who answers what the child initiates?
Not the number of toys, but the number of turns exchanged.
Alison Gopnik, Andrew Meltzoff și Patricia Kuhl · The Scientist in the Crib: What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind
Why is make-believe play self-control training rather than a break?
Long make-believe play is the gym of self-control.
Elena Bodrova și Deborah Leong · Tools of the Mind: The Vygotskian Approach to Early Childhood Education
Why does a lack of reading fluency block comprehension?
Fluency is not speed, it is the absence of decoding effort.
Daniel T. Willingham · Why Don't Students Like School?
Why does a well-behaved child do risky things at twelve, especially in a group?
Autonomy not practised at eleven is seized by force at fifteen.
Laurence Steinberg · Age of Opportunity: Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence
What is the pickup pact and why does it carry no punishment?
A refusal that already exists as a sentence gets used; one invented on the spot does not.
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore · Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
What happens to a handed-over competence if the teenager does it badly?
A task done badly by them is worth more than the same task done well by you.
Julie Lythcott-Haims · How to Raise an Adult
What shape does the measured relation between screen time and well-being take?
Not the number of hours, but what the screen displaces from the budget.
Andrew Przybylski și Netta Weinstein · A Large-Scale Test of the Goldilocks Hypothesis
Why is the 'come to me, no punishment' clause essential in the contract?
Before taking from the network, open a real place.
danah boyd · It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens
Why is the age of first use a target in itself?
A single parent with rules is a defeated parent.
Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir și colaboratorii · Planet Youth: The Icelandic Prevention Model
What reward pattern do gambling machines use, later copied into apps?
The rule is not 'less', it is 'with an end'.
Natasha Dow Schüll · Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas
Why does a child praised for intelligence choose the easy task?
Praise what they did, not what they are, and never with a 'but' after it.
Claudia Mueller și Carol Dweck · Praise for Intelligence Can Undermine Children's Motivation and Performance
What does a limited choice of the 'you or me' kind give and not give?
An accusation calls for a defence, a description calls for a cloth.
Adele Faber și Elaine Mazlish · How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
What does the child learn and what does the parent learn in a coercive cycle?
A withdrawn consequence is worth less than none.
Gerald R. Patterson · Coercive Family Process
Why is 'I'm sorry I shouted, but you drove me mad' not a repair?
You repair the act, you do not withdraw the rule — and you never say 'sorry, but'.
Ed Tronick · The Neurobehavioral and Social-Emotional Development of Infants and Children
What does PISA measure, unlike a syllabus exam?
If they cannot summarise in their own words, they have not understood — whatever the mark.
Organizația pentru Cooperare și Dezvoltare Economică · PISA 2022 Results: The State of Learning and Equity in Education
Why does reading fluency not guarantee comprehension?
Decoding is taught and finishes; comprehension grows out of vocabulary and the world.
Anne Castles, Kathleen Rastle și Kate Nation · Ending the Reading Wars: Reading Acquisition from Novice to Expert
Why are fractions called the gate to algebra?
If they cannot draw the situation they have not understood it — a formula over a misunderstanding gets the right answer by accident.
National Mathematics Advisory Panel · Foundations for Success: The Final Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel
What does transferability of a field of study mean?
The question is not what they like studying, but what they like doing eight hours a day.
Bryan Caplan · The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money