We're talking about NurtureShock by Po Bronson and Ashley
Merryman all summer. One chapter every Friday. Jump in whenever
you'd like. The first week we talked about Chapter 1 about
praise. The second week we talked about Chapter 2 about sleep.
The third week we talked about talking about race with your
kids. The fourth week we talked about why kids lie and how we're
inadvertently promoting that. The fifth week we talked about
intelligence testing for preschoolers for school placement
purposes. The sixth week we talked about how having siblings
socializes children. Last week we talked about why teens lie to
their parents and engage in risky behavior. This week we're
talking about how to teach kids self-control. This chapter,
entitled "Can Self-Control Be Taught?" made me want to move to
Neptune, New Jersey immediately. Essentially, the whole chapter
is a review of a program called Tools of the Mind that has been
shown to teach preschoolers and Kindergartners self-control in
all the schools it's been used in. B