Posts Tagged ‘children’

memorizing the times table

Here is a topic regarding teaching that Grandpa Richard can relate to, and one that he has a definite opinion about.
I understand that most “teaching” that occurs today in public schools is considered “child-centred”. This Globe and Mail article talks about a small school that uses more traditional “direct education”. The public system considers that [...]

8 Kids. WOW!

A mother in California, who already has 6 children, has given birth to octuplets. 8 More kids! Total of 14.
What is a bit crazy is that a woman who already had 6 children was taking fertility treatments! Go figure.

A Mom Loses Custody

What is best for the children? An often heard statement, but were judges really living by it? Seems at least one does.
A judge in Toronto has awarded custody of 3 children to their father after a 10+ year battle. According to the facts of the case, the woman spent more than a decade trying to [...]