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    Best of NurtureShock
    Teens Who Feel More Peer Pressure Turn Out Better, Not Worse
    Dr. Joe Allen explains why vulnerability to peer pressure is a good thing, in the long run.

    What Do Children Understand About God?
    We assume religion affects our parenting. In fact, our parenting style alters how children conceive of God.

    The Social Hierarchy of Preschoolers
    Why socially dominant behavior has different meaning in September than in February.

    How Biased Science led to Emotional Intelligence curriculum in all UK Schools
    A re-analysis of the pilot study that led to Emotional Intelligence becoming the UK's new national education strategy.

    New Evidence on Whether Children Should Redshirt Kindergarten
    According to Outliers, savvy parents give kids a comparative advantage by holding them out of kindergarten until they are six. New, better science explains why that's wrong.

    How We Got Pulled Into a War Between Rush Limbaugh and Maureen Dowd
    Our article, which argued not to talk to kids about race in code, was itself accused of speaking in code.

    Are Good Deeds a License to Misbehave?
    Why teens who volunteer in the community are less helpful to their siblings, and other variations of Zero Sum Morality.

    In Defense of Children Behaving Badly
    Why judging young kids on their behavior is short-sighted.


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    Posted Sunday, September 06, 2009 12:00 PM

    NurtureShock Cover Story for Newsweek – "Is Your Baby Racist?"

    Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman

    This week's cover story for Newsweek is an excerpt from our new book, NurtureShock; the article's an abridged version of a chapter titled, "Why White Parents Don't Talk About Race."

    But the piece is just beginning of our dialogue on race: we'll be continuing the conversation with related posts on kids and race relations all this week. We're very excited about this, and we can't wait for you to join us.


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    Posted By: Old_Gregg (September 16, 2009 at 5:44 PM)

    How could any "serious" book on racism be written by two obviously white racist authors? I submit that Po and Ashley, being born white racist babies, could not author a book that was not clouded by their pre-determined racist traits. It just stands to reason that these two are probably the most racist white people on Earth because they are fixated on their own white-guilt and racist subconcious minds.

    NEWSWEEK, keep up the great journalism. In the end you may be judged to be "To Big to Fail". If not, can you say "WELCOME TO WALMART"?

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    Posted By: politiciansareawaste (September 16, 2009 at 11:15 AM)

    I would hope that you realize at some point why people are NOT buying your magazines.

    Do you really think we would like the government getting involved in our life choices just because President Obama is Black? Do you think we would welcome the terrorists into our country, the government motors mess, Acorn and so on just because the President is not white? Where exactly do you people live? It is apparently Fantasyland because you are not in real America. Remember the words...The Land of The Free???

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    Posted By: Elearl (September 16, 2009 at 4:44 AM)

    "But the piece is just beginning of our dialogue on race: we'll be continuing the conversation with related posts on kids and race relations all this week. We're very excited about this, and we can't wait for you to join us."

    After such an inflamatory title do you really think it would engage any legimate dialogue?  I can only assume that the dialogue you wish to engage is white liberal guilt organic style. After the original blowback you are currently receiving the rest of what you have to say will be ignored.

    It is curious that this piece would be published just as the main stream media has begun a campaign to convince the American People that all opposition to Obama is racist based?

    This puts a very big question mark as to the motivation behind this hit piece. I can only assume this is the next best thing than actually putting Obama on your cover for what the 7th time?

    The timing is politically motivated and the credibility of Newsweek is nil. To use babies/children is dastardly tactic I hope  the backlash is substanial.

    "The history of our race, and each individual's experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal."

    Mark Twain, Advice to Youth

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