social-emotional learning

2 articles

parental rights6 min read

Gentle Parenting Is Wearing Moms Out

The method literally called "gentle" is burning out the moms doing it, and even Dr. Becky is backing away. Here is why warmth was never the problem, why it is the same no-consequences idea you fight at the school board, and the warm-but-firm fix the research has favored for fifty years.

mental health5 min read

Once You Are Paid to Find Struggling Children, You Find Them Everywhere

A federal account named for school safety now routes most of its money to mental-health programs, and Congress made the spending legally binding, for programs no study shows make children safer or smarter. Follow the incentives and you see why the crisis never ends.