I don't know how elementary education works on the inside. From the outside, from a parent's perspective, no child left behind means no child gets ahead.

I have a straight-A 5th grader who spends most of her classroom time tutoring other children. She thought it was fun at first, but now she complains about boredom and having to wait on everyone else while she doesn't get to learn.

My kindergartner is a different matter. He's already been identified by the GT coordinator for his brightness. However, his teacher sends home note after note complaining that he's too active. He's polite, cooperative, and gets along well with other children, but he has trouble sitting still to complete worksheets. Hence, she feels we...

Self-esteem is overrated. Besides, some of the kids who do the best actually have some of the lowest self-esteems (they're perfectionists; perfectionism fixates on failures, not successes) while some of the kids who do the worst have the highest self-esteems.

I do not understand jumping rope without ropes. Competition is underrated. FoxNews just put out an article last week that athletic and competitive children do better academically. SHOCKER! (Not.) I'm guessing those kids also have more involved parents, hear "no" more often, and have learned to work through failures to get what they want. And getting back to jump ropes, if they don't trip on it, they'll never learn to skip it. Tripping is part of learning to skip...

I imagine there were a lot of votes on this for the simple fact that energy is a BIG deal in Texas. Then again, I work in oil & gas in the Houston area, so it's only natural the topic would come up in my little realm. Maybe it's not so important to others. Are you siding with Carillo and his claim that name made all the difference? Frankly, I read up on both, noted the conservative support thrown Carillo's way, and still voted Porter. Let's just see what the little guy can do.

Can we stop referring to Medina as "the" TEA Party candidate? She gave herself that title, and the media ran with it. There was no official TEA Party Candidate. Further, Perry ran away with the bulk of TEA Party support.

My husband and I prefer the term "adult in training" when it comes to our kids. Ultimately, the parents job is to train a responsible adult beginning from infancy. Childhood is brief, and too many parents try to hold onto it. Fact is, the kiddo is going to fly the coop around the age of 18 whether s/he is ready or not... so s/he better be ready!

Sexualizing children is a different subject all together. I think the author is confusing the label "young adult" with sexual exposure that is occurring at younger and younger ages. Sex is not synonymous with maturity. Sexual knowledge does not make one wiser or more mature or more independent. This is the fallacy of secular society. In my observation, children these days are...