I have tons of links to share this week! A couple of these are from earlier this year, but I hadn’t seen them before and thought they were interesting so I included them below.

Our first friends from America are visiting this weekend, and we’re so excited! Unfortunately a typhoon has brought a lot of rain (it’s affecting Taiwan more than the Philippines), but hopefully we’ll get some sunshine while they’re here! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

E D U C A T I O N

No Grades, No Timetable: Berlin School Turns Teaching Upside Down via The Guardian

How to Make Your Kids Smarter: 10 Steps Backed By Science via TIME

How to Raise Brilliant Children, According to Science via NPR Ed

The Ugly Sexism School Dress Codes via The Week

Why Did It Take So Long for Class-Based School Integration to Take Hold via The Atlantic

The People vs. Coloring Books: The Verdict is In via NPR

Diversity in Children’s Books Go Deeper Than Race vis MPR News

How International Students are Changing US Colleges via Wall Street Journal

From Youtube Pioneer Sal Kahn: A School With Real Classrooms via NPR Ed

P A R E N T I N G

Working Moms: Do Working Moms Negatively Impact Kids? via Motto

My wife gave our 17-year-old a flask of vodka before his senior prom. Here’s why: via The Week

6 Tactics to Keep Your Kids from Being Too Materialistic via Lifehacker

Against the Sticker Chart via The Atlantic

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For U.S. Parents, a Troubling Happiness Gap via The New York Times

3 Types of Parents Who Get Bullied By Their Own Children via Psychology Today

Can Attachment Theory Explain Our Relationships? via NY Mag

You Can’t Protect Your Kids From Stress, But Here are Ways to Teach Them to Cope via The Washington Post

The Real Reason You’ll Never Be Able to Parent Like a French Mom via NY Mag

Soaring Child-Care Costs Squeeze Families via The Wall Street Journal

Column: Why You Should Never Use Timeouts on Your Kids via PBS NewsHour

Alternatives to Timeouts When Kids Are At Their Worst via PBS NewsHour

How to Stop Being and Anxious Parent and Enjoy Your Child via Janet Lansbury

4 Habits of Happy Parents via Creative Child

Hey Parents. What Minecraft is Doing to Your Kids is Kind of Surprising. via 2machines

C H I L D H O O D

Here’s How Much Sleep Your Child Actually Needs via The Huffington Post

Study: Too Many Structured Activities May Hinder Children’s Executive Functioning via Education Week Teacher

For More Children, Puberty Signs Start at 8 via The Wall Street Journal

The Screen Age: 13, Right Now via The Washington Post

How Being Bullied Affects Your Adulthood via Slate

H E A L T H 

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning via Slate

Let Them Eat Dirt! Our Obsession with Hygiene is Jeopardising Our Children’s Health via The Telegraph

Most Antidepressants Aren’t Effective for Children, New Study Finds via The Wall Street Journal

18 Behaviors of Emotionally Intelligent People via Motto

‘We Don’t Know if Your Baby is a Boy Or a Girl’: Growing Up Intersex via The Guardian

Folk Remedies for Sex Selection are Risky, Study Finds via The Wall Street Journal

T R A V E L

Ambient Noise Showdown: Noisli vs. White Noise vs. Rain Rain via Life Hacker

World’s Best Awards 2016 via Travel + Leisure

30 Best Beaches for Families via Travel Channel

H U M A N  I N T E R E S T

Babies of Color Are Now the Majority, Census Says via NPR Ed

This Mother Photographed Her Own Labor and the Pictures Are Stunning via ABC News

When a Firefighter, Surgeon, and Fighter Pilot Drop in on a Classroom, These Kids Have Their Assumptions Turned Around via Upworthy

A 10 Year Old Applied to a Prestigious Tech Fellowship and This is the Letter She Got Back via Upworthy

Striking Photos Document Inequalities Among Children Worldwide via The Huffington Post

How to Put a Baby To Sleep in Less Than One Minute via Youtube

Finland is Really Good at Stopping Bullying. Here’s How They’re Doing It. via Upworthy