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A site dedicated to Developmental Assets for children and youth, with many suggestions for positively engaging young people in their own development.
Overlooked factors that determine success
What’s Not On The Test: The Overlooked Factors That Determine Success What’s not on the test, Hidden Brain, NPR So I said, you know, this is obviously true. But it turned out that in psychology at that time, there was a sense that somehow personality and the subject of personality was kind of, you know,…
Talk on parenting; Happy New Year on your parenting journey
This is a humorous and serious TED Talk by the owners of Babble.com on the early years of parenting and societal taboos on what parents can talk about. It is an interesting perspective on bringing the “hard realities” to the parenting discussion. TED-Talk-on-Parenting
Here’s to resilience (and the end of the efficiency myth)
We have lived through an era of emphasis on efficiencies and as predictability success declines in this modern era there is a requirement for, and a benefit from our ability to adapt quickly to changing circumstances.
Let’s Take Back the Internet
A powerful talk from Rebecca MacKinnon describing the struggle for frredom and control in cyberspace.
Camp, Disneyland and Michael Eisner
Here’s a post about Michael Eisner’s book, Camp. He credits much of his success in life to foundational lessons learned at camp.
