For example, when kids are left alone at home, their pastime is usually occupied by playing video games or chatting with friends on online social platforms, which divert their attention from study. In some extreme cases, after accessing some negative information on the Internet, such as violence...
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn’t even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect ...
Kids' Stuff: Toys and the Changing World of American Childhood To sort out who's who and what's what in the world of Barbies and Ninja Turtles, Tinkertoys and teddy bears, is to begin to see what has become of childhood in America. It is this changing world, and what it unveils abou...
Since the agricultural era, the Industrial Revolution, and the subsequent rise of compulsory education, parents and kids have spent fewer and fewer hours of the day in side-by-side activities. Kids' days are now passed more safely ... Pamela A. Rooks - 《Social Thought & Research》 被引量...
Wiesner,K Peter - 《American Review of Canadian Studies》 被引量: 11发表: 1992年 NFB kids: portrayals of children by the National Film Board of Canada, 1939-1989 1 ] Children in a Cinematic Society Hence, by a simple juxtaposition of a series of preserved images and a commentary relating...
M: Today I'm going to talk a little about Noah Webster and the influence he had on American English. Webster was born in Connecticut in 1758 and graduated from Yale university in 1778. During the time of the American Revolution, Webster joined George Washington's army to fight against the...
No one likes to sit for hours each day in traffic jams while commuting to work, driving the kids to school, running (well, crawling) to the supermarket. We’ve gradually learned to ease our suffering with a cell phone plugged in one ear and XM radio blaring into the other. But rising...
126 2012 NEWS Houston #kids and get into that atmosphere. I've been working with my coach, Neil Wilkins, for almost two years and skill-wise I 127 2012 NEWS Austin #rest of the world caught on. He's been working the festival circuit all summer, most recently knocking out both days of...
As excited as all you are today, there’s another group here that is beaming with pride and that deserves a big round of applause – your parents and your families. Some of them are sitting out there thinking, our kids are getting a degree from the world’s most prestigious engineering ...
Reviews the book, The Homework Myth: Why Our Kids Get Too Much of a Bad Thing by Alfie Kohn (see record 2006-10703-000 ). In this book, Alfie Kohn continues his role as a provocateur and "progressive" challenger to established authority, aiming his focus this time on the benefits and ...