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Enigmatic_Continuum ago

Great find! I find it interesting that Brazelton focused on low income children, while Spock focused on middle income families. Seemed they covered every child, but the elites.

Brazelton's "Touchpoints" research and teachings strike me as weird. Especially the way he would tell parents regression is normal. Children usually don't regress unless traumatized or they've experienced extreme changes in their day to day lives.

And, here we are back at the Clintons! Guess what? Putnam is where Hillary got her idea that "It takes a village" to raise a child.

"If it takes a village to raise a child, the prognosis for America's children isn't good: In recent years, villages all over America, rich and poor, have deteriorated as we've shirked collective responsibility for our kids," Mr. Putnam wrote.

The book comes as Congress debates the future of federal support for education to counter poverty, and Mr. Putnam harked back to potential Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, whose 1996 book It Takes a Village made some of the same arguments.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2015/03/its_hard_to_make_schools.html

Vindicator ago

Great find! I find it interesting that Brazelton focused on low income children, while Spock focused on middle income families. Seemed they covered every child, but the elites.

Interesting observation. I guess they left those to Raniere.

Enigmatic_Continuum ago

You know, I was wondering who focused on the elite's children, and Raniere's a good guess and I wouldn't doubt if there was another such as those at the Presidio.

Vindicator ago

Rainbow Cultural Garden (with the numerous nannies each speaking different languages) definitely targeted the wealthy. Then there are all those private schools...