education
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The Best Free Online Courses Everyone Should Take This Year
The days when you graduated college, started a career, and never looked back are long behind us. Lifelong learning isn’t just a catchy phrase — it’s an essential aspect of survival. Even a cursory glance at the last few decades reveals how fast things change, not just in terms of your actual job, but in…
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What’s Your Best Advice for Dealing With Bullies?
The other night over dinner, my son was telling us about a friend of his who was being bullied in school. He’s a super nice 13-year-old, but very shy, and at a new school, so he’s without his posse from last year. A classmate picked up on his awkwardness with that weird weakness-radar that bullies…
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The Modern Guide to Sex Is Here to Teach You About Pleasure
The sexual education many of us received during our schooling years was, plainly, pretty shit. We’ve discussed this a number of times on the site. It’s also a prominent theme in the latest season of Sex Education, suggesting loads of schools are likely still getting this element of learning very wrong. Speaking generally, the way…
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Why Kids Don’t Want to Talk About Their Day (and How to Get Them to Open Up Anyway)
The ride home from school can feel like a battle of wills with my oldest son. When I start the car, he’s a bundle of ecstatic energy. But when I begin asking him about his day, his smile vanishes, and he locks his mouth up like a safe. The remainder of the trip is more…