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Giving Up on 4-Year Olds: A Societal Indictment

The New York Times published an editorial today, detailing a new report released by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, examining the disciplinary practices of our country’s 97,000 public schools. Giving up on 4-Year Olds is the ultimate indictment of a so-called civilized society. In truth, critical analysis of public policy suggests we are already giving up [...]

My Letter Published in New York Times re Dialogue with the Wealthy

To the Editor of the New York Times: Re “A Family Office for the Superrich, and Lessons for the Less Wealthy,” by Paul Sullivan (Wealth Matters column, Feb. 15): It is not an easy time to be wealthy. On some level, a laughable problem. But in this era when everyone from the pope, to our [...]

By | February 25th, 2014|Empathy, Empathy Inequality, Family Office, Social Justice|0 Comments

Yes, the Wealthy Can Be Deserving

“Yes, the Wealthy Can Be Deserving” according to Gregory Mankiw in the New York Times of 16 February, 2016. No doubt, many can and many are. Mr. Mankiw identifies himself as an economics professor at Harvard University. Yet, Professor Mankiw was also a loyal economic advisor to Mitt Romney. Despite the former Presidential candidate’s publicly [...]

By | February 18th, 2014|Empathy, Empathy Inequality, Social Justice|0 Comments

Protecting children from toxic stress

The November 5th, 2013, New York Times article by David Bornstein, Protecting Children From Toxic Stress, is a powerful call to action. Each day we ignore the reality of science about the impact of early childhood adversity on the development of a child's brain, we eliminate the potential of that child to the realization of [...]

By | November 21st, 2013|Early childhood development|0 Comments