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We Teach Our Kids To Tell the Truth, and Then We Lie About Santa. Is That OK?

We Teach Our Kids To Tell the Truth, and Then We Lie About Santa. Is That OK? | On Learning & Education: What Parents Need to Know | Scoop.it

by Melinda Wenner Moyer, Slate

 

We raise our kids to be truthful. We teach them about the laws of physics. And then we tell them that nine flying reindeer pull an immortal fat man and his sleigh through the sky so that he can deliver gifts to millions of kids around the world one night a year.

 

Is it bad that we lie to our kids about Santa?

 

First: Let go of any guilt you have about duping your kids. Santa belongs in the “good lie” pile because parents invoke him for their kids’ sake...

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How Your Brain Experiences the Passage of Time

How Your Brain Experiences the Passage of Time | On Learning & Education: What Parents Need to Know | Scoop.it

by Orion Jones, Big Think

 

Scientists have located a specific set of neurons that indicate how time passes, confirming that the brain plays an essential role in how we experience the passage of time.


Via Sakis Koukouvis, olsen jay nelson, Dr. Stefan Gruenwald, Helen Teague, Dennis A. Fahey
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