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Math Geek Mom: Non-satiation
A central tenet of economics is the assumption of non-satiation. This concept says that people will always want more of...
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Long Distance Mom: Happiness Studies
Enough work has been done in the field of “happiness” to award it with an academic designation as an enigmatic...
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ABC's and PhD's: Online parenting advice
A recent piece in The New York Times discusses a trend in parenting that they call the “Mommy Wars”: competitive...
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Mothering at Mid-Career: Getting Over It
When I saw the piece on "the other 'F' word" in this week's Chronicle, I have to admit it took...
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2 Studies of Possible Interest
TWO STUDIES OF POSSIBLE INTEREST Psychologists at Villanova University examined international statistics on math and science performance of nearly 500,000...
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Math Geek Mom: Parallel Lines and Parallel Lives
If you took Geometry in High School, you almost definitely learned it as a subject based on rules and axioms...
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Motherhood After Tenure: dark night of the soul
One of the challenges of teaching is negotiating students with severe psychological conditions — of which we teachers are sometimes...
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ABC's and PhD's: Bedtime battles
Friday night was a long one for my children. Two of their friends came for a sleepover, and with all...