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It's quite an honor that the Mayor of Columbia, MO declared a special Parenting With the Brain in Mind Week. Dr. Dave conducted a series of workshops with parents, caregivers, and teachers. The entire week was dedicated to having conversations about what brain science can tell us about raising brighter, healthier, and happier kids. Even the preschoolers learned a brain song to launch the week (see photo below)!
Read the book Smart Parenting, Smarter Kids to learn more about how you can start parenting with the brain in mind today.
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Most teens in this country spend a significant portion of their time hanging out on Facebook and other social media sites. What kinds of experiences are young people having online? How do teens describe what it means to be a good digital citizen? Are their peers nice or cruel to one another online? Pew Internet and American Life answers these questions and more in their 2011 report, Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites.