After learning how to spit, some kids take this new skill and use it outside of the appropriate context. For example, if a child gets frustrated they may begin to spit to express their anger.

Kids will believe what their parents believe and what their teachers communicate about their learning and future. If what they see is worry, if the adults in their lives catastrophize , so will ...

The science is beginning to show what parents and teachers have long suspected: Kids' reading muscles are weaker than ever. Time to reverse course.