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When Advantage Becomes Pressure
Why some of the most privileged kids are also struggling
Aug 27
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Victor Reinoso
and
Gabriele Nicolet
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Dive Deeper: When Advantage Becomes Pressure
Five sources on affluence as risk, income as cause, and caregiver capacity -- what each one shows, and where each one stops.
Aug 27
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Victor Reinoso
and
Gabriele Nicolet
Curiosity Is a Teacher's Move, Not a Child's Trait
A study of 11,000 kids moved curiosity by retraining the adults in the room. So much for the personality lottery.
Aug 24
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Victor Reinoso
and
Gabriele Nicolet
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Dive Deeper: Curiosity Is a Teacher's Move, Not a Child's Trait
Five sources on engineered curiosity, the brain state behind it, and the awe connection. What each one shows, and where each one stops.
Aug 24
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Victor Reinoso
and
Gabriele Nicolet
Stillness Is a Movement Skill
The kid who can't sit still isn't refusing. He hasn't been given what sitting still is made of.
Aug 20
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Victor Reinoso
and
Gabriele Nicolet
1
Dive Deeper: Stillness Is a Movement Skill
Five studies on movement and the thinking brain, from a daily aerobic hour to math played on a court -- what each one shows, and where each one stops.
Aug 20
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Victor Reinoso
and
Gabriele Nicolet
Play, or the Costume of Play
The phone fight was never phones or no phones. Five questions settle it, one app at a time.
Aug 17
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Victor Reinoso
and
Gabriele Nicolet
Dive Deeper: Play, or the Costume of Play
Five sources on what play is, what it builds, and what the screen debate keeps missing -- what each one shows, and where each one stops.
Aug 17
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Victor Reinoso
and
Gabriele Nicolet
Same Words, Different Kid
For neurodivergent kids, the push question changes -- because the cost of a demand is invisible.
Aug 13
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Victor Reinoso
and
Gabriele Nicolet
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Dive Deeper: Same Words, Different Kid
Five studies on autistic burnout, school distress, and the two kinds of help -- what each one shows, and where each one stops.
Aug 13
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Victor Reinoso
and
Gabriele Nicolet
When to Push Anyway
The difference between pushing through a hard patch and pushing toward someone else's dream.
Aug 10
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Victor Reinoso
and
Gabriele Nicolet
1
Dive Deeper: When to Push Anyway
Five studies on the adolescent dip, sampling wide, and whose goal it is -- what each one shows, and where each one stops.
Aug 10
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Victor Reinoso
and
Gabriele Nicolet
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