Index to All Posts on "NurtureShock"

This is our nearly complete list of columns - our NurtureShock column at Newsweek, our features for New York Magazine, our Social Studies columns for Time, and our Social Studies blog.

Our Newsweek columns

• Dear Readers/ NurtureShock Last Post for Newsweek
• Some Kids Are Never Spanked – Do They Turn Out Better?
• The Sorry State of In-Home Day Care (guest post by Julia M. Smith)
• The Truth About Lie-Detection – What Works And What Doesn't
• Should You Tell A Kid To Lie, If He Didn't Like His Christmas Gift?
• A Failure to Communicate? Parents Don't Know What Their Kid's Talking About 76% of the Time
• Smart People Gesture More When They Talk–So Will Kids Be Smarter if They Gesture?
• Privileged Kids Aren't In Peril – They're Just More Likely To Be Popular
• Shouldn't We Think About the Effect of Praise and Motivation When Assessing Kids Too?
• Santa's a Health Menace? Media Everywhere Are Falling for It—But the Study Was Meant as a Joke
• Can You Never Tell a Child She’s Smart?
• New Research: Taking the SAT in a Crowded Room Means Lower Scores
• This is Your Brain on a Test
• The Downside of Always Telling Kids to Work Harder
• Is the Brain Like a Muscle, Really?
• New Research: $13 Christmas gifts = 13 point gain in kids’ IQ
• New Research: Blaming Others Is Contagious
• Do Your Kids Know How to Fight?
• Parents Wait Too Late to Talk to Kids About Sex
• The Rocky Science of Good Marriages
• Why Glee's Losers and Mean Girls Are So True to Life
• The Skinny on Princesses, Part Two
• Do Disney Princesses Make Young Girls Obsessed With Thinness?
• How Accurate Is Teens' Insistence That "Everyone Else Is Doing It"?
• What Are 'Good Risks' for Maturing Children?
• The Best Thing for a Baby's Colic: Treating the Parent's Nerves (guest post by Tony Dokoupil)
• Why Counting Blessings Is So Hard for Teenagers
• New Estimates on Kids' TV Watching–It's Much More than We Knew
• How Not to Helicopter
• What Do Preschools Have in Common with Bridges and Airports?
• At What Age Do You No Longer Have to Check your Children’s Homework?
• Is Fantasy Too Uncool for Middle Childhood?
• Kids' Food Allergies are Skyrocketing – Is the Spike Real?
• What If Colleges Had Lower Standards for Boys to Achieve Gender Balance?
• A Cure for ADHD?
• Why Teens Care So Much About Clothes
• Does a Psychology of Honor Lead Shooters to Pull the Trigger?
• Don’t Blame it on the Hormones
• Is Ft. Hood Like Columbine? (guest post by Dave Cullen)
• Why Teenagers Are Growing Up So Slowly Today
• Responses to Post on US School Kids Doing Better
• Can Happiness and Parenting Coexist?
• US School Kids Are Doing Better Than Ever – But You Never Hear It
• Why Tarantulas Can Seem So Scary
• Is the Candy Witch Coming to Your House?
• Why Masked Costumes Lead to More Tricks and More Treats
• Are Disney’s Current Claims for Baby Einstein Any Better?
• Baby Einstein is Dead! Long Live Baby Einstein!
• Why Private Schools are Missing the Best Kids
• In Defense of Children Behaving Badly
• A Conversation on Teaching Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom
• Mike Lanza: Emotional Intelligence is Better Learned Outdoors Than in Classrooms
• How Biased Science led to Emotional Intelligence Curriculum in all UK Schools
• Should Socio-Emotional Learning Be Taught In Schools? Part 1
• Daniel Goleman Defends Emotional Intelligence
• Questions for Emotional Intelligence's Daniel Goleman
• Daniel Goleman Responds to Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman
• Introducing Guest Columnist Daniel Goleman
• Are Good Deeds a License to Misbehave?
• Patterns in Pattern-Seeking
• What Results Should We Expect From Education Reform?
• Motivation and Flow: The Teenager Edition
• How Long Does Your Child Play With His Favorite Toy?
• Leading Psychologists Reveal Some of Their Own Inner Demons
• Is The Science of NurtureShock Just A Fad?
• Playing the “Conditional Love” Card
• Are Time-outs for Tots Conditional Love?
• Today: Po Bronson on NPR's 'Fresh Air'
• Clarifying the Science of Building Early Language Skills
• What is Mature, Extended, Pretend Play – Exactly?
• Middle School, the Big Fishbowl
• Does Labeling Bias as "Bullying" Hide the Real Problem?
• Teens Who Feel More Peer Pressure Turn Out Better, Not Worse
• High School Grades vs. The SAT vs. Family Income
• Is 'Emotional Intelligence' Real?
• In Defense of the SAT
• How We Got Pulled Into a War Between Rush Limbaugh and Maureen Dowd
• The Problem with Teaching Kids about Stranger Danger
• The Social Hierarchy of Preschoolers
• Is Discussing Race With a 3-Year-Old Too Young?
• By Third Grade, Black Students Who Self Segregate Are More Popular
• Can Extracurricular Activities Solve the Self-segregation Problem?
• Tell Them, 'You're Acting Obama' (A personal essay)
• The White-Nonwhite Gap in Racial Acceptance
• NurtureShock Cover Story for Newsweek – "Is Your Baby Racist?"
• The Red-Herring Solution for Redshirting Kindergartners
• Should Children Redshirt Kindergarten?
• Does Being Older Help Your Child Win a Gifted Slot?
• Why Bike Helmets Require Us to Use Our Heads
• A Five-Minute Intelligence Test for Kids
• What Do Children Understand About God?
• Introduction to the NurtureShock Blog

Our New York features

• Learning to Lie
  
• Snooze or Lose: Can A Lack of Sleep Set Back Your Child's Cognitive Abilities?
• Sleep Sidebar: How To Get Kids to Sleep More
  
• How Not To Talk To Your Kids: The Power (and Peril) of Praising Your Kids
  

Our Time and Time.com essays

• When Grown Kids Return Home
  
• Has Being Married Gone Out of Style?
  
• After the School Shootings: How to Heal When the Inexplicable Occurs
• Barbie to Baby Einstein: Supermom Lit Distorts Real Issues (print magazine version)
  
• Baby Einstein vs. Barbie: How Media Elitism Ignores the Problems of Typical American Families (Time.com version)
  
• Beware of Dubious Teaching Secrets: How a One-Percent Change Is Labelled the Answer to the Boy Crisis
• Bad News Comes in Small Bytes: Are We Forgetting How To Be Honest in Person?
  
• When Moms Are Gatekeepers
  
• Uncle Sam Wants You
  
• Will This Marriage Last?
  
• Just Sit Back and Relax/Why Do Americans Have to Work So Hard At Taking It Easy?
  
• Are Americans Suffering Diversity Fatigue?
• Dear Graduates
• Are Stepparents Real Parents?
  
• A Father's Take on the Mommy Wars / Let's Have a Truce on Mother's Day
• Hasta Luego: How The Mexican Government Fails Its Poor

Our "Social Studies" columns
(a * denotes a post that is particularly popular or controversial)

• Learning to Lie
• "The One" – A Short Film by J.D. Beltran and Po Bronson
• AAAS Announces Winners of the 2007 Science Journalism Awards
• Po on "On Point"
• Naps And Other Make-Up Sleep
• One Real Cost We All Pay For Sleep-Deprivation
• Sleep Is For Wusses – An Idea Kids Are Learning All Too Well
• On the Question, "How Much Sleep Does My Child Actually Need?"
• Are the Hallmark Traits of Adolescence Just Symptoms of Sleep Deprivation?
• Sleep – Without Snooze, You Lose
• Today Show Segment Video Clip
• Results from Survey of Parenting Styles & Assumptions
• Council on Contemporary Families Honors Five Journalists for Outstanding Coverage of Family Issues
• *Damage & Baggage - Does it Mean Your Relationships Are Doomed?
• *"You're Ruining My Self-Esteem!" - Part 3
• "You're Ruining My Self-Esteem!" - Part 2
• "You're Ruining My Self-Esteem!" - Part 1
• *On The Consequences of Self-Esteem & Innate Smarts
• How Not To Talk To Your Kids - Part 8 (tips on effective praise, con't)
• How Not To Talk To Your Kids - Part 7 (tips on effective praise, con't)
• How Not To Talk To Your Kids - Part 6 (tips on effective praise, con't)
• How Not To Talk To Your Kids - Part 5 (tips on effective praise)
• How Not To Talk To Your Kids - Part 4
• How Not To Talk To Your Kids - Part 3
• How Not To Talk To Your Kids - Part 2
• How Not To Talk To Your Kids - Part 1
• *Anderson Cooper's Private War
• This Week's Recommended Reading #24 (education-related articles)
• This Week's Recommended Reading #23
• No More Schooling While Drunk: New Jersey to Give Students Alcohol Tests
• President Bush's State of the Union Ignores Science At Your Children's Peril
• This Week's Recommended Reading #22
• Eddie and Leslie in Full-Day Kindergarten
• Contrary to What You've Heard, Libraries Aren't Dead
• Child Kidnapping - "The Missouri Miracle"
• This Week's Recommended Reading #21
• On MLK Day, Segregation and Integration in Schools
• Eddie and Leslie – A New Census Report on "A Child's Day"
• A Loss in Northern Ireland – An Appreciation
• Tutoring – A Story from the Front-lines of Kids and Education Today
• This Week's Recommended Reading #20
• The New Paperback Edition of WDILTP is Now in Stores
• Bad News Comes in Small Bytes: A Follow-Up That's No Lie... Well Maybe....
• The Boomerang Trend Disproven, Once and For All (Read our essay at Time.com)
• Immigration – Senator Biden Says the Answer is in Mexico
• Thanksgiving in New Orleans
• Has Being Married Gone Out of Style?
• Do Your Kids See You Much? Finally, the World is Listening to the Research
• School Shootings – A Lesson In Coping (Read Our Essay At Time.com)
• How Media Elitism Misrepresents the Problems of the Typical American Family, Part 2
• *How Media Elitism Misrepresents the Problems of the Typical American Family
• This Week's Recommended Reading #19
• This Week's Recommended Reading #18
• College Enrollment Projections - Will Your Kid Get In ... Anywhere?
• *Personal Choice vs. Social Responsibility - Should you represent? Or should you choose what's best for you?
• Does It Matter What Gender Your Child's Teacher Is? (Read our new piece at Time.com)
• Are Cities Or Suburbs a Better Place to Raise Kids?
• This Week's Recommended Reading #17
• Bad News Coming In Small Bytes: A Follow-Up
• This Week's Recommended Reading #16
• *Response to Forbes' "Don't Marry a Career Woman"
• Would your child be better off in a private school (even if it didn’t cost you a dime)? Some surprising findings say “no.”
• Parental Identity and Behavior – And the Difference Between the Two
• Uncle Sam Wants You! - A Follow-Up - Our Worst Fears Confirmed
• Ask Someone Who Knows: News from the ASA Convention (A Reflection)
  Ask Someone Who Knows: News from the ASA Convention (Day Four)
  Ask Someone Who Knows: News from the ASA Convention (Day Three)
  Ask Someone Who Knows: News from the ASA Convention (Day Two)
  Ask Someone Who Knows: News from the ASA Convention
  Are We Forgetting How To Be Honest In Person? (Read Our New Piece at Time.com)
  WDILTP wins Parenting Gold Award
  When Moms Are Gatekeepers: Read Our New Piece At Time.com
  This Week's Recommended Reading #15
  Jobs! Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs! – Where To Find Opportunities in the Federal Government
  Jobs! Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs! (Read Our New Piece at Time.com)
  Gay Marriage – A Note On the Catholic View of Homosexuality
  Gay Marriage - Short Crib Sheet to What's Going On in the News
  This Week's Recommended Reading #14
  And the Echo and Stentor Awards Go To . . . #3
  
• Will This Marriage Last? - How to Improve Your Odds
• Will This Marriage Last? - Who Wants Out and Why
• Will This Marriage Last? – Read Our New Piece at Time.com
• Will This Marriage Last? - Religion's Influence on Marriage and Divorce
• Will This Marriage Last - Independence is Revolutionary in a Marriage
• Will This Marriage Last - Is Divorce a Cultural Thing?
• Will This Marriage Last - Divorce in Your Past
• Will This Marriage Last? – The Effect of Kids On Marriage and Divorce
• * Will This Marriage Last? - Does Living Together Before Marriage Help the Odds?
• Will This Marriage Last? – Opposites Attract, But Do They Stay Married?
• Will This Marriage Last? – Marrying "At A Certain Age"
• Will This Marriage Last? – Introductory Post
• Further Commentary on our Time essay on Goofing Off, including a conversation with Tom Lutz, author of “Doing Nothing”
• A Different Sort of Father's Day News Story
• This Week's Recommended Reading #13
• For My UK Readers
• * Education Completion - To Whom It May Concern
• This Week's Recommended Reading (More) #12
• This Week's Recommended Reading #11
• Bush Return to Gay Marriage Debate Is Pathetic Political Ploy
• This Week's Recommended Reading #10
• Thanks To ABC For Prime Time Spelling Bee
• Are Americans Suffering Diversity Fatigue? - Read our essay at Time.com
• High School Drop-Outs -- New Analysis Confirms Lower Drop-Out Rates
• This Week's Recommended Reading #9
• When to Get Married -- Choice or Circumstance?
• Read Our New Piece at Time.com - Dear Graduates
• Unmarried Couple Families -- Not Allowed to Live Together? (Part Two)
• This Week's Recommended Reading #8
• * Unmarried Couple Families -- Not Allowed to Live Together? (Part One)
• Are Stepparents "Real" Parents? - Read our post at Time.com
• Immigration -- The Mexican Government's Response to the Bush Speech
• Mom's "Salary" -- A Few Further Thoughts
• This Week's Recommended Reading #7
• A Father's Take on the Mommy Wars
• Is Wanting a Little Breathing Room from Your Loved Ones a New Notion?
• Dr. Phil Also Intervened - But he backs Diane Sawyer
• Read our essay at Time.com on the Mexican Government
• * Kyle's Family Speaks - When A Journalist Should Intervene, Part 2
• This Week's Recommended Reading #6
• "Mom's Salary" Report -- More Harm Than Good
• * Stepfamilies - Some Common Misconceptions
• This Week's Recommended Reading #5
• Immigration - How the Mexican Government is Creating a Parasitic Economy and Neglecting its Poor
• A Taboo Thought for a Pro-Immmigration Liberal to Have
• Save Diane Sawyer's Job
• Eduardo and Leslita -- Crosscultural Challenges in the Classroom
• When Leslie is About to Drop-Out: Is There Reliable Help?
• This Week's Recommended Reading #4
• Eddie and His Father - Stance Towards Authority
• * Helping Leslie -- How the Littlest Things Matter
• Eddie and Leslie In Elementary School
• Eddies vs. Leslies - Two Categories or Just Points on a Spectrum?
• * Is Your Child an "Eddie" or a "Leslie"? - Improving Academic Performance Right Now
• Exhibit A -- Just How Far Away School Reform Really Is
• "Stand Up" Ought to Sit Down
• This Week's Recommended Reading #3
• Drop-Outs -- A Need For Reform, Yes, But . . .
• High School Drop-Outs -- More About the Numbers
• High School Drop-Outs - Inside the Numbers
• Who Should Pay for School – The Student or the Parent?
• Drop-Out Rates - Are We Wrong? Maybe So.
• This Week's Recommended Reading #2
• And the Echo Award Goes To . . . .
• Who You Calling Lazy?
• * How Good News Becomes Bad News - The Five Asterisks
• Failure to Launch - Round Three
• The Week's Recommended Reading #1
• * When "New Dads" Are Thwarted by "Gatekeeper Moms"
• Optimist or Pessimist on Education? - What I'm Seeing
• Optimist or Pessimist? (Education) -- In this Week's News
• Optimist or Pessimist in Education -- What I've Seen
• Optimist or Pessimist? - The Future of Education
• Optimist or Pessimist? - The Basic Framework
• The Petrified Forest - SUMMARY POST
• * Wanted: A Few Good Sperm -- The Facts Egan Couldn't Find (Or Didn't Want to Share)
• The Petrified Forest – Why I Have Kids (When I Always Said I Wouldn’t)
• A Few Good Sperm – Thumbs Up from Me
• "Wanted: A Few Good Sperm" Needs More than A Little Common Sense
• The Myth of Childless by Choice - One Response from a Reader
• If a Tree Falls in a Petrified Forest ...
• A Boy Around Sisters
• Petrified Forest - A Geopolitical Perspective?
• * The Petrified Forest - Myths of "Childless by Choice"
• Where Do We Get This Stuff?
• Are Young Adults Today Failing to Grow Up?
• * Failure to Launch -- or Failure to Respect the Facts?
• The Petrified Forest - An Explanation
• Guess the 5 States
• Same Sex Couples -- "Brokeback Marriages" Are Indeed A Part of Modern Life
• Coming Attractions - Blog Topics in the Near Future
• Do Men Change Diapers - SUMMARY POST
• Do Men Change Diapers? - One of the original Mr. Moms
• Do Men in China Change Diapers?
• Do Men Change Diapers? - Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking? Apparently Not.
• When Men Stay Home, Why are they there?
• Do Men Change Diapers? - Why Kids Think Dad (and Mom) is Great
• Do Men Change Diapers? – One Mom’s Impact
• Re: Are New Dads more likely to have grown up in divorced families?
• Do Men Change Diapers? - International Cultural Notions of Fatherhood
• Do Men Change Diapers? - Gender Differences When Work and Family Conflict
• Do Men Change Diapers? - Old Notions Still Trump New Values
• Do Men Change Diapers? - Are New Dads more likely to have grown up in Divorced Families?
• * Do Men Change Diapers? - Honey Dads and Bitter Moms
• Do Men Change Diapers? – Myths about the New Fatherhood
• Census Ending Important Surveys on Families
• It's a start
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