Happy birthday Jean-Jacques Rousseau — the lessons I’ve learned from your childhood and fatherhood experiences
Today marks the 305th anniversary of the birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It isn’t so often noted that the enlightenment philosopher didn’t have an ideal upbringing, to put it mildly, his childhood years filled with sadness. Here’s some of what I...
The Childing Imagination, & the Unreality Principle, Kick Into High Gear on a Walk Home with my Daughter
A memorable thing happened on the walk back home from what has come to be a pretty regular Sunday family outing to our favorite Sicilian pizza joint (okay, it’s the only Sicilian pizza joint anywhere nearby). My oldest daughter, Cali, had been saying repeatedly...
Scaffolding the Childing way
Came across on Twitter this intriguing essay on the scaffolding approach to optimal learning among kids. While this approach is now considerably in vogue again, I was surprised it made no mention whatsoever of its originator – namely, the Russian philosopher and...
Stress Matters
Until we adults recalibrate some long-held preconceptions we hold towards children, our youngest brethren will never fully flourish. Take stress matters and the all too prevalent adult-held philosophy of children and stress, as set forth in a recent article by a...Purchase the book:
