A research project found that children were more likely to be born male if their father was under less stress than their mother at the time of their conception, and be female if their mother was under less stress.
Category: Children and Education
Young Listeners
Science has determined that fetuses can hear sounds while still in the womb. Sometimes they remember. One two-year-old girl was found sitting on the floor reciting, “breathe in, breathe out, breathe in…” The only time she could have heard this was when she was in the womb as her mother was practicing the LaMaze exercises which help a mother during childbirth. There may be some possibility for prenatal education, via voice and sounds. Your author believes that it may be important to live as calm a life as possible when pregnant to let the baby come into the world with happy expectations.
Free Education
It is tempting for American kids to drop out of school. Who would want to finish school if their plans are only to build race cars or marry somebody rich? But sometimes plans don’t work out the way you expected. More importantly, in the United States, school is free, supported by taxpayers. It’s free! You might as well take as much as you can get.
Americans and Geography
In a recent Gallop survey, Americans were asked to identify America on an unmarked world map. Fourteen percent couldn’t do it.
German Royalty and Children
The German royalty used a disciplinary technique that would straighten out any modern kid. A prince would be raised along with another child. If the prince misbehaved, it was the other child, not the prince who was punished. A child might be willing to risk a spanking for outrageous behavior, but even a young kid would feel some guilt if his spanking was administered to another youngster.
Why is This a Great Toy Idea?
Get an old yard sale typewriter or an out-of-date computer for your kids. The little ones will learn the letters by banging them out and the older ones will tend to create stories in order to have something to type.
Sir Isaac Newton’s Mother
Sir Isaac Newton’s mother didn’t think education was necessary for farming, the business she wanted him to take up, so he had to quit school.
Ancient Student
A student in ancient Athens came up with a way to force himself to stick to his studies. He shaved the hair off half of his head. Then when he was tempted to step out, he would remember his appearance, and out of embarrassment would stay home and study instead.
A. S. Neill
“Whether a school has or has not a special method for teaching long division is of no significance, for long division is of no importance except to those who want to learn it. And the child who wants to learn long division will learn it no matter how it is taught.” – A. S. Neill
Alexander Sutherland Neill, better known as A. S. Neill, founded Continue reading A. S. Neill
Americans vs World Population
One of every 22 people in the world is an American. One out of every five is Chinese. There are almost five Chinese people for every American.
World population: 7.4 billion
US population: 325 million
China population: 1.38 billion
More children in China are learning English than in America.
American Candy
If you filled trucks with all the candy American kids eat in one year, they would line up bumper to bumper from San Diego to San Francisco.
Sugar is highly addictive. Some have said it’s more addictive than cocaine. Sugar is also strongly implicated in numerous scientific studies covering a wide range of diseases from high blood pressure to cancer and especially diabetes.
