Hold on to Your Kids

Nature, Nurture and More: Books that Influenced Me

December 20, 2010




In my last post, I outlined my perspective on the nature versus nurture discussion. I talked about the intersection between genes, environment and individual choice in determining who a person is.  In that post, I promised to share the books that have influenced my thinking on this topic. In this post, I’m going to share [...]

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Bias against boys?

July 12, 2008




I am privileged to have grown up after many of the advances of feminism were ingrained in our society. I have been given every opportunity in life that my brothers had. Situations where I have felt a slight due to my gender and few and far between and can be chalked up to the ignorance [...]

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New reason why punishment doesn’t work: the law!

June 20, 2008




From the research that I’ve done, I’ll well aware that using punishment to discipline children is not very effective and can be damaging. Some of the reasons I’ve learned in the past include: REASON #1- PUNISHMENT ONLY HAS A SHORT TERM EFFECT: Parents that punish their children have to do it over and over again. The [...]

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