Index to All Posts on "NurtureShock"

2006-06-30T20:00:00.000-07:00

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
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