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“It’s 10 O’clock – do you know where your children are?” This question was widely posed to parents in public service announcements broadcast on the radio and TV and posted on billboards in the US from the 1960s to the 1990s. These public service announcements were based on scientific research on parental monitoring—parents’ behaviors aimed […]
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In one of my favourite books by Haruki Miyazaki, Killing Commendatore, the protagonist emphasises that "if you want something with all your heart, you can achieve it". I completely identify with this statement.
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“… I’m afraid there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell that Africa will make it. I know because I served in Nigeria. It’s their culture, you know [emphasis added]. It will not allow them to create a modern society. Ever, EVER” (Rosling et al., 2018, p. 167). This comment was made by a European investor […]
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It’s 4pm on a Friday. The phones are ringing. ‘Somebody must do something!’ ‘The situation is out of control’. ‘Someone will get hurt’! ‘If something doesn’t happen soon, we will have to admit her to hospital’! A familiar scenario for many clinicians working in the field of intellectual disabilities and where the outcome may well […]
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My favorite moments as a teacher were when I would pause and surveil my classroom, my eyes flitting from one child to the next, all equally engrossed in serious tasks, the quiet hum of experimentation, problem solving and collaboration filling the air above their small forms. These deeply satisfying observations showed a busy, engaged classroom […]
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To the public at large, scientific “facts” constantly seem to change. Some of these changes are dramatic. When I was a child there were nine planets in our solar system. However, a child born today will learn there are eight, but maybe one more lurking very far away. Additionally, scientific research once suggested foods such […]
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One night in 2013, I found myself watching a documentary on television about a criminal investigation. Watching such documentaries was not uncommon for me, as my studies in neuropsychology and criminology had fueled my desire to better understand human nature and its association with antisocial conduct. This particular documentary narrated the story of a kindergarten […]
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To the memory of Walter Roberts III (1959–2021) τὸ γάρ τοι θάνατον δεδιέναι, ὦ ἄνδρες, To fear death, gentlemen, οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἐστὶν ἢ δοκεῖν σοφὸν εἶναι μὴ ὄντα: is no other than to think oneself wise when one was not δοκεῖν γὰρ εἰδέναι ἐστὶν ἃ οὐκ οἶδεν. It is to think one […]
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