Mom Said It’s My Turn Mom Said It’s My Turn Luke and Anna burst into the dining room where their mom balances a ledger. “Mom, Anna keeps poking me,” asserts Luke who is eleven. “I’m just treating him the way he treats...
The “S” Word The “S” Word Greg and Harry Sitting together after dinner, Greg, Harry’s dad, is channel surfing on the flatscreen and Harry, a seventh grader, is playing a game on his iPad. “Dad, did my science teacher call or email...
TED Talks - The key to success? Grit Speaker Angela Lee Duckworth Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the...
Adm. McRaven Urges Graduates to Find Courage to Change the World Courage. The following are the remarks by Naval Adm. William H. McRaven, ninth commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, at the University-wide Commencement at The University of Texas at Austin on...
TED Talks - Movies and Manhood Messages Speaker Colin Stokes When Colin Stokes’ 3-year-old son caught a glimpse of “Star Wars,” he was instantly obsessed. But what messages did he absorb from the sci-fi classic? Stokes asks for more movies that send...
TED Talks - The Surprising Science of Happiness Speaker Dan Gilbert Dan Gilbert, author of “Stumbling on Happiness,” challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us...
