Not so long ago, if we wanted our children to get ahead, we’d see to it that they skipped a grade. But more of today’s children, in America especially, are being held back so as to have a competitive advantage over their classmates. “60 Minutes” reports that nearly a quarter of some kindergarten classrooms are [...]
Apr 17, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Marketing, Trends, Youth | Tags: "60 Minutes", California, CBS, child development, children, early childhood, education trends, helicopter parents, hyperparenting, kindergarten, Kindergarten Readiness Act, Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers, parenting trends, redshirting | Leave A Comment »
This is the fifth in a series of 12 posts expounding on the 2011 forecasts in the annual trends report from Salzman, president of Euro RSCG Worldwide PR and an internationally respected trendspotter. Watch out in 2011 for the return of skin-thickening boot camps to toughen up kids and employees for the rigors of the [...]
Dec 03, 2010 | Categories:Features, Trends | Tags: "60 Minutes", achievement gap, African American, Asian American, authoritative, boot camps, California, Caucasian, China, competitiveness, Deloitte, engineering, entitlement, experience, helicopter parents, Hispanic, India, kids, Michael Bloomberg, millennials, New York City, overprotection, parenting, Pew Research, resilience, Ron Alsop, science, self-discipline, team-oriented, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Tom Friedman, Trends, trendspotter, trendspotting, trophy kids, young people | 5 Comments »
