Amy Chua’s article in the Wall Street Journal about asian parenting has me thinking about the differences between the way I and many of my Asian friends were raised, and how I see many non-Asian kids were raised. To begin with, I think Amy Chua – a Yale law professor, no less – takes a [...]
I’ve played Robert Kiyosaki’s boardgame Cashflow 101 a number of times a number of years ago. It must have been about 2 years since I last played, and yesterday I joined some like-minded folks for an evening (a full three-and-a-half-hours, to be exact) of Cashflow. For those who are not familiar with the game, it [...]
One of the best advice I ever got was something my aunt told me back when I was still a university student. I have always been an avid reader, but at that point I had gotten to reading a lot of fiction and not much else. I was on a trip to visit a number [...]
I was speaking with a 16-year-old friend yesterday, and I was reminded how capable kids and teenagers can be, if we let them be so. When I saw the video below, delivered by 12-year-old Adora Svitak, I had to say something about this. We, as adults, very easily and commonly underestimate kids and teenagers. In [...]
North America, the way things appear to be going, will be left in the dust of the asian powerhouses by the 22nd Century. This will happen for reasons entirely of our own doing. North American prosperity at home & significance on the world stage is being undone one child at a time. A solid education [...]
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