50 Rules - Kids Won't Learn in School

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This blog will be devoted to exploring some of the issues covered in “The 50 Rules Kids Won’t Learn in School.” And it will also try to update the parade of inanities involving our kids that helped inspire the book. I’ll try to provide links to stories and studies that might have appeared after the book was completed


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SPEED BUMPS
Friday, August 31, 2007 (666 reads)

Corey Feldman and Corey Haim are hardly role models, but they have a first-hand perspective on how celebrities can mess up their lives. This quote was especially interesting:

SHOULD YOU TELL YOUR KIDS YOU SMOKED DOPE?
Thursday, August 30, 2007 (1096 reads)

First, they have to learn to deal with hypocrisy.

BANNING TAG. AGAIN.
Thursday, August 30, 2007 (543 reads)

A Colorado school decides that kids can't handle playing tag.

I'M ON THE RADIO
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 (436 reads)

Public Radio, that is...

THE POSTER-BABE FOR THE DUMBING DOWN OF AMERICA
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 (488 reads)

Miss Teen South Carolina gives a whole new meaning to "dumbing down."

A GENTLER SIDE?
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 (518 reads)

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel comments on the "50 Rules."

DON'T FORGET TO SAY THANK YOU
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 (469 reads)

From Rule 49:

DOODLING = SUSPENSION
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 (470 reads)

More evidence that Zero Tolerance = Nonsense

EDUCRAT IS OFFENDED
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 (478 reads)

At least one professional nanny is outraged...

GLAMPING?
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 (508 reads)

A new approach to camping.