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My Frame of Perception
By Ryeaan Chaudry for KidSpirit's Reality and Perception Issue.
When human beings are born, they are essentially blank templates. By the time they reach the age of maturity, how they view the wor…
Hurray for the Average Child *
Let's hear it for the "average" child who receives no special award on honors day: the one who stares out the window in geometry class and dreams of faraway places, having mastered the art of reveri…
Variety's Best Movie Scenes of 2015
The staff of Variety, the entertainment trade publication, has put together a list of 14 of 2015's best movie scenes. We were quite interested to take a look at their choices. Years ago when we publ…
The New Sharing Economy
In the LosAngelesTimes.com, Sandy Banks writes about how she first heard about the sharing economy. Her daughter was able to travel cheap in Europe by going online each day and finding a couch at a …
A Prayer for Those Challenging the Tools of War
This is the Age of Weaponized Drones. They are widely used in the war against terrorists and other enemies of the state. Hard facts on the frequency and targets of drone attacks are difficult to com…
Welcome to the Practicing Democracy Blog
Democracy is more than a system of government; it is a way of life. We can assess the vitality of a democracy by how well it is serving the people's needs and hopes. But a democracy's health is best…
The Wholeness of Nature
By Katie Reis in KidSpirit's Myth & Magic issue.
I’m not a religious person. I was baptized a Catholic but slowly realized that many of Catholicism’s beliefs and principles did not fit my own…
A Workshop for Civility
The late Vaclav Havel wrote that civility can only come about through the "complex, long-term, and never-ending work involving education and self-education." In this enlightening article from aspen.…
Origins and Questions of Character Education
by Khalid Husain in KidSpirit's A Lens on Learning issue
“Children are 25 percent of the population but 100 percent of the future. If we wish to renew society, we must raise up a generation of …
How Judaism Affects My Views and Values of Money
By Moolie Griminger in the KidSpirit Money and Value issue.
I’ve spent a lot of time studying my religion and its values. My family is a member of the Conservative tradition of Judaism, which i…
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