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Family Happiness and the Overbooked Child

Time to cancel the piano lessons...Children's activities are no guarantee of later success.

Are Canadian Students Engaged?

Want to know how 63 000 students feel about experiences of engagement in school and learning? Cool inforgraphic.

Anderson loses it!

You have to watch this to the very end without chuckling!

A Child's Risk of Autism is nearly 20% greater if an older sibling has the disorder

Austism runs in families to a much greater degree than previously thought, according to new research that has tracked the younger siblings of children with the developmental disorder.

A Modern Classic

Animated video of Sir Ken Robinson on creativity and changing educational paradigms.  Very cool.

Persistent Abuse Risk Doubles in Abused Children

Childhood abuse doubles the risk of developing multiple and long lasting episodes of depression, say scientists.  A review, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, also suggests these patients are less likely to respond to treatment.

Bert and Ernie Will Not Marry

The makers of Sesame Street say characters Bert and Ernie will not marry in a same-sex ceremony despite an online petition calling for their union.

10 Reasons Not to Hit Your Child

There is a classic story about the mother who believed in spanking as a necessary part of discipline until one day she observed her three year old daughter hitting her one year old son.  When confronted, her daugther said, "I'm just playing mommy."  Read article.



"My friends, love is better than anger.  Hope is better than fear.  Optimism is better than despair.  So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic.  And we'll change the world." 

Jack Layton