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In the aftermath of a huge New England snowstorm, a friend’s car got stuck driving down…
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“Go pick your bedtime book, right now,” I told my four-year-old. Afternoon meltdowns had turned into…
Originally published on NPR’s MindShift. Katie Hurley’s office is filled with young girls who struggle…
“Did anyone have an oops today?” asked my four-year-old son at the dinner table last night. “Oh,…
Originally published on MindShift. Popularity is a loaded word. For many adults, it evokes powerful…
Originally published on MindShift. Barbara Oakley’s professional biography does not suggest that she was once a struggling…
