David Brooks, The New York Times columnist, joins us to talk about why depending on a small, concentrated support network is not only ahistorical but also reserved for the “financially fortunate.”
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Blocks, Blackboards And The Development Of Kids
Alexandra Lange joins us to talk about what parents should be thinking about when considering which playthings are right for their children.
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Intellectual Gaming
Parents and educators alike decry the many hours kids spend playing video games. But what if video games are actually the key to more sophisticated learning?
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Parenting: A Primer
Many new parents don’t realize just how little they know about raising a child until they have one of their own. We’ll talk this hour about some of the most commonly asked parenting questions with Dr. David Elkind, professor emeritus of child development at Tufts University. He writes about the topic in Parenting on the Go: Birth to Six, A to Z (Da Capo). https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/140/d3bd2e99-de70-40ef-a74a-737a6db20f38/KERA_Think_7-31-14_HR_1.mp3
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