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From the article: >>>> struggling to put away their laptops when asked "One of my principles generally is look at what rich people are doing and see whether
by IG_Semmelweiss 2y ago
From the article:
>>>> struggling to put away their laptops when asked
"One of my principles generally is look at what rich people are doing and see whether or not they know what they're doing and that could be more broadly learned. And, you do see this sport red shirt, "academic" red shirting. So, it's for academic reasons, not athletic reasons, but this is relatively common in upper middle class circles. (parents will have their kids restart the grade, voluntarily). And, indeed some private schools do it almost by default. They have a second year of pre-K [pre-Kindergarten]. And that second year of pre-K skews very male".[1]
Rich men like Bill Gates and famously severely restricted access to computers to their kids [2]. Members of the "All In" podcast, including FB exec Palihapitiya do not allow any screen time [3]
COVID turbocharged negative trends, but maybe our leaders could look at what people with resources are doing, then help our kids with simple solutions: Start by taking computers back, away from 6-8 year olds.
[1] Richard Reeves: Author "of Boys and Men" (how boys are completely falling behind)
[2] https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/why-steve-jobs-bill-gates-both-severely-limited-their-kids-tech-use.html https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/why-steve-jobs-bill-gat...
[3] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-capital-ceo-chamath-palihapitiya-on-fixing-facebook-screen-time/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-capital-ceo-chamath-pali...
- johnea 2y agoI'm not sure if emulating the wealthy is really a path to success for a broad swatch of American children, but I do agree that there is more at play here than the pandemic. Children who hadn't even started school yet are still impacted. While the years of missed classroom learning have definitely had a huge impact, the prolonged and unrelenting nature of the downturn in academic progress points to something more persistent. I think we have to blame "phones" and computer time at a young age for a lot of these problems...