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Your child’s mess might be a sign of sophisticated algorithmic thinking

I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s bag in search of fruit snacks. The contents spill onto the table, bench and floor. It’s a chaotic – but functional – solution to the ...
People

Ga. Dad Repeatedly Beat His 2 Young Children Over 2-Day Period for Making a Mess in Room: 'Horrific'

Dillan Michael Tennant will spend the next 30 years in prison for brutally beating his 3-year-old daughter and striking his 2-year-old son with a board Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

'Left horrific bruising': Father beats 2 children for making a mess, gets decades in jail

CATOOSA COUNTY, Ga. (WKRC) - A man will spend at least the next 15 years in jail after he "horrifically" beat his two toddlers for making a mess. 24-year-old Dillan Michael Tennant was recently ...
MassLive

Ask Amy: There’s no way my sweet child made a mess; should I blame her playdate?

Dear Amy: My husband has been irritable, tense, short-tempered and basically taking things out on me and our 16-year-old son. I confided in my 39-year-old stepson (my husband’s son) and let him know ...
Psychology Today

3 Ways to Help Your Child Make Choices You Want Them to Make

Every day we make thousands of decisions, most of them unconsciously. What we decide often depends on the way the choice is framed and the context in which a choice is made. Economists have looked at ...