by Marietta Rawson | Nov 16, 2016 | Marietta's Lessons
Toys are a billion-dollar business, the source of many jobs and many fortunes, entirely dependent on children, what they are really like and what adults think they are like, also on what adults are really like. They are sold by adults to other adults, after all. They...
by Marietta Rawson | Nov 2, 2016 | Marietta's Lessons
Please do not expect me to solve the problem of stress. Stress lies somewhere between burnout and boredom, solutions can only be individual. We all cope with it, children and adults, each in one’s own way. In these technological days we have much stress. You...
by Marietta Rawson | Oct 19, 2016 | Marietta's Lessons
Children will often say, “I’m bored!” It is hard to know what to do about it. I am thinking of a boy of seven who resisted going to school saying that he was bored there. His mother felt that was sufficient reason for keeping him home. As his teacher...
by Marietta Rawson | Oct 5, 2016 | Marietta's Lessons
Most parents, when asked whether they would like to have a child genius, would answer, “NO.” They would say that they would prefer to have a well-rounded person than a genius. This reflects the prevailing opinion that a genius is not usually well-rounded,...
by Marietta Rawson | Sep 21, 2016 | Marietta's Lessons
“Everything has got to be somebody’s fault!” This was the plaint of a seven-year old boy trying to cope with a social situation. There are many of them, new ones every day, the old methods of coping never are completely successful. This boy was at...
