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The Many Pitfalls of Multi-Tasking

“Multi-tasking = Screwing everything up simultaneously.” – Anonymous I read a recent article saying students who multi-tasked while studying (watching Glee or tweeting, for instance) got worse grades and retained less information, but felt happier. Excuse me, but this is a stupid study. What mother who has wrangled with her kids over homework couldnt tell you the same?

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Obsession with Our Children’s Happiness Could Doom Them

Ive been doing it all wrong.This whole parenting gig.Seriously. After I read the cover story of the July/August issue of The Atlantic, which told parents that if youre focusing on trying to make your kids happy youre likely gearing them up for future therapy sessions to undo all the super-positive, encouraging blather youve been feeding them, I was initially ticked off.