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Back in the 1980s, the Oxford psychologists Michael Argyle and Monika Henderson wrote a seminal paper titled “The Rules of Friendship.” Its six takeaways are obvious, but what the hell, they’re worth restating: In the most stable friendships, people tend to stand up for each other in each other’s absence; trust and confide in each other; support... See more
Jennifer Senior • It’s Your Friends Who Break Your Heart
Steve Jobs never gave his kids iPads. Bill Gates capped screen time and refused phones for his teens.
Silicon Valley executives send their children to schools with chalkboards and pencils, yet they’re selling AI tutors to everyone else’s kids.
A new education divide is emerging. But it’s not... See more
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Anthropic co-founder Ben Mann on why he chose Montessori for his daughter:
"If this were 10-20 years ago, I'd be lining her up for top-tier schools and extracurriculars. But now I don't think any of it's going to matter. Learning facts is going to fade into the background. What matters is that she's happy, thoughtful,... See more
Lenny Rachitskyx.comJonathan Haidt is right when he talks about the sudden switch from play-based to phone-based childhoods and how it destroyed mental health—particularly for young girls. Our childhoods weren’t spent toying with risk and danger, teaching ourselves we could cope with it, learning that it’s baked into life. We had bans on play fighting. Health and... See more
Freya India • Risk-Aversion Is Killing Romance - By Freya India - GIRLS
I just watched one of the best talks ever given on what smartphones, social media, and ed-tech are doing to childhood and education. From Sophie Winkleman.
If you question the wisdom of the screen-based school day, you must watch, just 20 minutes:
https://t.co/QBdpNhRyVR
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