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Pressuring My Kindergarten Son To Read

Wonder of Parenting - A Brain-Science Approach to Parenting

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The Importance of Socialization in Kindergarten

Kindergarten should be about socialization, doing more arts and crafts, developing other parts of the brain. The male brain is later to get there if it's focused on academics like kindergarten has been in the last 20 or 30 years. It also creates a real unfairness to boys who do all this stuff later than their female counterparts. "It doesn't mean it's bad to read to them at five," Grinn Institute director says.

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