Coming of Age in the Middle

I've moved! I've migrated over to a new, grown-up website, one that can evolve and expand as the release date for The Gift of...

Welcome to the first in our series, This is Adolescence. "Eleven" comes from  Lindsey Mead , who writes at A Design So Vast , ...

A year or so ago, a fantastic series of essays called This is Childhood was published in book form and at the Brain, Child website. ...

Response to the  Atlantic article, " Teaching Math to People Who Think They Hate It ," a look into Steve Strogatz's adve...

What an amazing week I've had. I secured a last-second invitation to the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting (as press) and sc...

I do a lot of speaking, I never take that honor and responsibility for granted. I get to do what I love because people regularly pay me t...

Huge thanks to the lovely Adrienne Wichard-Edds for a really fun interview about THE GIFT OF FAILURE and ways to help your kids have a great...