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'That damned cat!'
AS I am neither a teacher nor a doctor (although my late father was one and one of my half–siblings was the other), I am often asked what it was that piqued my lifelong interest in health and education.
The answer lies in the occupation that incorporates them both, one that I signed up for in my mid-twenties and continues to this day – parenting,
Like most people of my generation, my late wife and I took on this role with no training, no handbook and no support. We have managed to raise two reasonably well-adjusted children, both of whom are now longtime adults, but the more research I undertake on parenting the less impressed I am with our (and particularly my) performance.
Five parenting myths that science has debunked: and what actually works
Parenting comes with endless advice: much of it well-meaning, some of it confusing, and a lot of it flat-out wrong.
And in the age of social media, myths spread faster than ever.
Here are five of the most common parenting myths, what science says about them, and what you can do instead.
The benefits of AI vs the loss of human interaction
We ran into a brick wall this week and it clearly demonstrated that one of the problems with the AI disruption is that the loss of human interaction is not always a benefit for the consumer.
Whilst busy (ok! flat out busy) with designing the day’s video postings on YouTube, Instagram and FaceBook, our design team decided to investigate Pinterest as a possible platform for our parenting guidance.
First blockage: we were told that we could not “claim” our website, as it had already been claimed by someone else. How was this possible, we asked, since we are the registered owners of the domain “thefriendlyprofessor.com”?
