Aug
15
“On a recent National Public Radio program, Steven D. Levitt, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, said he and another economist could find no evidence that that sort of parental choices could be correlated at all with academic success.
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The desire to offer every conceivable opportunity is a “displaced fear about the collapse of the future,” Dr. Mogel said. The reality is that failing to give your child ballet lessons at age 6 probably has not deprived her of a career as a prima ballerina.” Children’s Activities No Guarantee of Later Success - NYTimes.com
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The desire to offer every conceivable opportunity is a “displaced fear about the collapse of the future,” Dr. Mogel said. The reality is that failing to give your child ballet lessons at age 6 probably has not deprived her of a career as a prima ballerina.” Children’s Activities No Guarantee of Later Success - NYTimes.com
