CHAPTER 28

What We Should Be Teaching Kids That Is Not Found in Heavy Books (with Thomas Czinkota)

Shanghai Daily, November 2009

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There is no doubt that children today are being overworked and over-scheduled—but do the Czinkota brothers have a good point about what education should be? We just concluded the fall school vacation. ­Between us two brothers, we have three children, 6, 7, and 10, with whom we spent the week in conversation, playing, and thinking.

Here are some of the issues that we considered, but are not sure that we solved: Are children overworked? Over time growing societal surpluses have made it possible to enjoy the fruits of our ...

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