Illustration by Laurenne Boglio Longer days in the Northern Hemisphere, longer threads about autism research on Twitter — welcome to the first Community Newsletter from Spectrum this February. Liz Pellicano, professor of education at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, threaded together 14 tweets full of COVID-19 lockdown lessons for autism education. The insights, published in […]
A family observed the solar eclipse in Germany in 1999. (Photo by Zucchi Uwe / Picture Alliance via Getty Images) Being a successful parent is often a combination of skill and luck. It would be great if raising a child was more of an equation: find the perfect algorithm for making decisions, and your child […]
At dawn we got into the car. All of my six children – the same ones who usually can’t get up in the morning and who never find their shoes when the school bus pulls up – were unusually ready to go. What caused this miracle? One word: motivation. We wanted to take a trip […]
Teaching the little ones was a great honor and (mostly) so much fun. I am so happy to have had the experience of being in the classroom before I have children of my own. Not only have I learned so much about children and how to interact with them, but I’ve also gained valuable insights […]
With my wife and I busy raising a two-year-old and a five-month-old, we’ve learned what all toddler parents know about children’s television: that almost all child-focused programs are annoying, repetitive, and unimaginative. Make-it-stop shows like “Barney”, “Peppa Pig”, “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” and “Cocomelon” come to mind. Australian father and TV producer Joe Brumm was inspired […]
The daily beast Pilot sensationally confesses the moments of murder on her wife after her funeral, say cops Instagram / Babis Anagnostopoulos For over a month, Babis Anagnostopoulos has insisted that a group of thieves tortured and murdered his wife in front of their 11-month-old daughter – old Caroline Crouch happened after three intruders into […]
