A bold challenge to the conventional wisdom about early childhood, with a pragmatic program to encourage parents and teachers to rethink how and where young children learn best by taking the child’s eye view of the learning environment Parents of young children today are embattled: Pick the “wrong” preschool and your child won’t get into the “right” college. But our fears are mi…
Provides advice for parents of preteens on the physicial, social, and intellectual development of their child, focusing on parental involvement and communication.
The award-winning authors of How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids will Talk now examine the problems of sibling rivalry in its various forms and offer solutions for parents to promote cooperation amongst their children.
Paula Lillard, director of a Montessori school ranging in age from 18 months to fifteen years, provides a clear and cogent introduction to the Montessori program for the elementary and later years. In detailed accounts, Lillard shows how children acquire the skills to answer their own questions, learn to manage freedom with responsibility, and maintain a high level of intellectual stimulation b…
Do you want to raise a well-behaved, happy child but feel that common forms of discipline used today, which focus on rewarding, excluding or punishing children, don''t work for your family? In The Gentle Discipline Book, Sarah Ockwell-Smith debunks many commonly held beliefs about punishment and motivation, and provides an alternative approach that will empower you to discipline your child i…
In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth century, eliminating the largest communist party outside China and the Soviet Union and inspiring copycat terror programs in faraway countries like Brazil and Chile. But these events remain widely overlooked, precisely …
Keberagaman masakan Indonesia tak muncul begitu saja. Orang Manado menyukai cabai seperti mereka menyukai garam tentu bukan karena Tuhan menciptakan lidah mereka berbeda dengan lidah orang Yogyakarta. Ada cerita di balik itu semua. Ada kisah kenapa orang Maluku tidak terlalu banyak memakai rempah, padahal negeri mereka merupakan tempat tumbuh berbagai jenis tanaman beraroma itu. Berkeliling …
George Buckley & Sumeet What You Need To Know About Economics Economics Matters . But with confusing things like GDP and interest rates, it’s often hard to get you head around. So What do you really need to know about economics? Find What You Need to Know About Economics cuts through the theory to help you to do your job and understand the world around you better. Read More in the What You Ne…
Everyone would benefit from seeing further into the future, whether buying stocks, crafting policy, launching a new product, or simply planning the week’s meals. Unfortunately, people tend to be terrible forecasters. As Wharton professor Philip Tetlock showed in a landmark 2005 study, even experts’ predictions are only slightly better than chance. However, an important and underreported con…
The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores …