kids

“CARPENTERSVILLE, IL—Local first-grader Connor Bolduc, 6, experienced the first inkling of a coming lifetime of existential dread Monday upon recognizing his cruel destiny to participate in compulsory education for the better part of the next two decades, sources reported.” source... source...

“One of my father’s favorite sayings is “Tennis, chess and war are lost through one’s own mistakes” (translated from German).  Growing up, I used to really dislike this saying, in retrospect mostly because I lost against my Dad at tennis source...

“Otherwise, the pious accusations of safety fanatics, empowered by the nearly universal fear of being sued, will guarantee a cultural spiral downwards toward the lowest common denominator. For America's children today, that means spending more than six hours per day more...

“If there is one thing experts on child development agree on, it is that kids learn best when they are allowed to make mistakes and feel the consequences. So Mom and Dad hold back as their toddler tries again and source...

This guy is seriously devoted to his daughters.

“13. Online learning. US schools are often bad. A lot of parents realize it, and would be interested in ways for their kids to learn more. Till recently, schools, like newspapers, had geographical monopolies. But the web changes that. How source...

very interesting

“build your own fully functional Enigma machine.”

“A man described a “loner” by his associates in the online community Second Life committed suicide by creating a gas chamber and sitting inside of it yesterday morning. Things started going bad for the man the minute he signed up. more...