Category Archive For "Education"
in Education, Psychology
Should you talk to your kids about money? Study shows they know your secrets
North Carolina State University published a study that finds parents should make an effort to talk with their children about money. The paper, “Money Matters: Children’s Perceptions of Parent-Child Financial Disclosure,” published in the online journal Communication Research Reports, was authored by Dr. Lynsey Romo, an assistant professor of communication at NC State and Dr. …
Apple’s Steve Jobs: An interesting look at his spiritual life
– Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me— Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful— that’s what matters to me. Apple co-founder and long-time CEO Steve Jobs died at the age of 56 on October 11, 2011. Known as an inventor, an “outside the box” thinker and one …
Music practice for just 30 minutes can improve language skills, new study says
Musical training improves brain function Photo credit: woodleywonderworks on Flickr (cc) Can 30 minutes of music training make you better at using language and math? We normally think that speech, language, logic and numbers are left brain activities; while images, imagination, day-dreaming and music are right brain. The left hemisphere is for logic and science …
in Education, Psychology, Science
Scientists at Cornell reveal secret to get children to behave at dinner
Play There’s a new secret to get your child to behave at the dinner table?cut up their food! YouTube: Brian Wansink Cornell Food & Brand Lab announced today, April 22, 2014 in “Biting versus Chewing: Eating Style and Social Aggression in Children? that cutting your child’s food makes them twice as obedient and half as …
