Parentology, with "Dr. Steve" Pearlman: Recent Episodes

Steve Pearlman

Called "the potato chips of parenting," Parentology is all about parenting through science, peer-reviewed research, and advice from credentialed experts. Each bite-sized episode brings you scientific findings that make you a better parent. Topics include critical thinking, emotional intelligence, neuroscience, study skills, child development, social interaction, family relationships, lifelong learning, and so much more. Parentology is brought to you by The Critical Thinking Institute (thectinstitute.com) and hosted by Steve "Dr. Steve" Pearlman, whose doctorate in Composition Theory applies directly to parenting in no way at all.

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New research reveals the powerful connection between children's abilities at self-regulation and their tendencies toward negative behaviors as teens--self-harm, suicide, alcohol use, drug use, and more.  

Learn easy strategies for building self-regulation in your children so as to fortify their abilities to avoid those negative behaviors in their teen yers.

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The third in our series with JW Wilson!  JW Wilson is the Executive Director of The Learning Code Institute. Mr. Wilson is also the author of the book Cracking the Learning Code, the culmination of over 30 years of scientific research into how to accelerate the speed of learning and the rate of behavioral change.

JW has presented The Learning Code to organizations, such as the Mayo Clinic, Turner Broadcasting, The Rich Dad Organization, the Deming Institute

In addition, The Learning Code science is now being used at Masters Academy in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to help create the first school system in the world based on neurobiology. 

JW’s business expertise has helped him develop over 25 different start-ups including Media Networks, The Veterinary Institute of Integrative Medicine and Insulite Health.

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The second in our series with JW Wilson:
Learning Smart: The Importance of Working from Concept to Details

JW Wilson is the Executive Director of The Learning Code Institute. Mr. Wilson is also the author of the book Cracking the Learning Code, the culmination of over 30 years of scientific research into how to accelerate the speed of learning and the rate of behavioral change.

JW has presented The Learning Code to organizations, such as the Mayo Clinic, Turner Broadcasting, The Rich Dad Organization, the Deming Institute

In addition, The Learning Code science is now being used at Masters Academy in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to help create the first school system in the world based on neurobiology. 

JW’s business expertise has helped him develop over 25 different start-ups including Media Networks, The Veterinary Institute of Integrative Medicine and Insulite Health.

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Why selective learning is so much more powerful than instructive, and how to help your children do it.

Parentology welcomes JW Wilson!

JW Wilson is the Executive Director of The Learning Code Institute. Mr. Wilson is also the author of the book Cracking the Learning Code, the culmination of over 30 years of scientific research into how to accelerate the speed of learning and the rate of behavioral change.

JW has presented The Learning Code to organizations, such as the Mayo Clinic, Turner Broadcasting, The Rich Dad Organization, the Deming Institute

In addition, The Learning Code science is now being used at Masters Academy in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to help create the first school system in the world based on neurobiology. 

JW’s business expertise has helped him develop over 25 different start-ups including Media Networks, The Veterinary Institute of Integrative Medicine and Insulite Health.

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Predictive Readingis a simple and powerful, yet often untaught strategy for empowering young readers with improved engagement, understanding, recall, enjoyment, and comprehension.  Learn how simple it is to teach your children predictive readingstrategies!

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Schools often seek "close reading," but what is that? Do you know how to achieve it?  Is it what you really want for your children?

In this first installment of an intermittent series about helping your children develop exceptional reading skills, Steve explains the simple yet powerful annotation method of Says/Does reading.  This strategy, which takes no more time than other annotation methods, easily unlocks the door to the deep structuresof text.  

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  • What is metacognition and why is it so powerful?
  • Why do most people lack it?
  • What's the difference between metacognition, self-reflection, and self-regulated learning?
  • What are 3 simple questions you can ask your kids to help them become more metacognitive?