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Jeremy Adam Smith Five life lessons from “56 Up”

Jeremy Adam Smith, Web Editor & Producer, Greater Good Science Center | 3/12/13 | 2 comments

The film critic Roger Ebert famously called the “Up” series “an inspired, even noble, use of the film medium.”

It started in 1964, when the British TV program World in Action profiled 14 seven year olds with the aim of discovering how social class shaped their worldviews. There was no intention … More >

Jeremy Adam Smith The redefinition of fatherhood demands new public policies

Jeremy Adam Smith, Web Editor & Producer, Greater Good Science Center | 6/6/12 | 4 comments

In anticipation of Father’s Day, the International Museum of Women put together a gallery on “the changing role of the modern dad,” which includes a global facts and figures, a three-minute video on how mothers around the world view fatherhood, a documentary about stay-at-home dads in Hungary, and profiles of … More >

Christine Carter The stuck-at-home generation

Christine Carter, director of Greater Good Parents | 4/10/12 | 6 comments

As a child and young adult, I was given lots of opportunities to develop independence. I went to a boarding school at age 14 that taught self-reliance by regularly sending me into the wilderness with only a scantily-filled backpack (no tents or fleece in those days). I was raised in … More >

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