Sidney Poitier on childhood education

Child psychologists have demonstrated that our minds are actually constructed by these thousands of tiny interactions during the first few years of life.  We aren't just what we're taught.  It's what we experience during those early years - a smile here, a jarring sound there - that creates the pathways and connections of the brain.  We put our kids to fifteen years of quick-cut advertising, passive television watching, and sadistic video games, and we expect to see emerge a new generation of calm, compassionate, and engaged human beings?

~ Sidney Poitier

Dr. Scott Atlas on fear and the coronavirus

We can’t sacrifice our children out of our own fear.

~ Dr. Scott Atlas

Emma Elliott Freire on the impact of the Covid rules on children

Articles about the impact of the pandemic on children tend to focus on the education they have lost due to school closures. But it is also worth noting that children are witnessing repeated violations of their innate sense of fairness. This may well leave them with a sense of mistrust towards institutions and authorities. Is COVID-19 going to raise up a generation of libertarians?

~ Emma Elliott Freire, "Why COVID Kids May Grow Up To Be Libertarians," FEE.org, October 13, 2020