Author Archives: Susan Love

In a recent  challenging New York Times Op-Ed article, Joel Bakan, a Canadian Professor of Law, has identified a serious issue,  corporate uses of the electronic media to influence children’s  buying choices; thus threatening their psychological, social, and even their physical development. Children between the ages of  2 and 7 see an average of  13,904 [...]

‘Brain and environment are one, interdependent, reciprocal dynamic process. Change the environment and you change the brain.’ The human brain created Technology that changed the environment that is now changing the brain. In the mid 1800s Emerson, cautious of the industrial revolution, noted; the weaver becomes the web, writes Michael Mendizza, author and founder of [...]

Childhood clapping games aren’t just fun, they’re brain building. Research by Dr. Idit Sulkin, of the Ben-Gurion University Music Science Lab, found that young children who naturally play hand-clapping games are better spellers, have neater handwriting, and better overall writing skills. Clapping and singing, clapping and chanting. There’s a reason these activities are found across [...]