• Childhood •
December 19, 2006
Kids Growing Older Younger: Bratz Dolls and Barbies
When the Gender Line Isn’t Clear?
December 4, 2006
The New York Times ran a major article on transgender children on December 2, adding considerable visibility to an issue that had, until recently, hardly been mentioned in public. [See my article of October 18, 2006, "Gender Confusion in the Kindergarten?"]
The War Against Play
November 7, 2006
Administrators at Willett Elementary School in Attleboro, Massachusetts recently banned tag. That’s right folks, no more of that dangerous and frightening game in which one kid runs after another. None of that in Attleboro. They have discovered trouble with a capital “T” and its name is “Tag.”
Youth Ministry in a New Key? Substance over Sugarcoating
October 30, 2006
TIME magazine, not to be mistaken for a journal on youth ministry, suggests in the current issue that evangelical youth ministry is trending toward substance and away from what it calls a “sugarcoated” approach.
So, You Mean I’m Not Really Good at Math?
October 19, 2006
The Brookings Institution released a report yesterday on an interesting phenomenon that has appeared in recent years. American students do comparatively poorly in math compared to students of other nations — but they feel really good about themselves anyway. As a matter of fact, they think they are really good at math.
Gender Confusion in the Kindergarten?
October 18, 2006
Some cultural developments represent massive shifts in consciousness and worldview. These developments can only be explained by a dramatic reshaping of our moral sense and understanding of basic reality.
