What We Sould Be Teaching Our Kids That Isn’t Found in Heavy Bookbags

(With Thomas A. Czinkota)Orginally Published in the Shanghai Daily: November 2, 2009

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There is no doubt that children today are being overworked and over-scheduled—but do the Czinkota brothers have a good point about what education should be?

WE just concluded the fall school vacation. Between us two brothers, we have three children, 6, 7, and 10, with whom we spent the week in conversation, playing and thinking.

Here are some of the issues that we considered, but are not sure that we solved: 

Are children overworked?

Over time growing societal surpluses have made it possible ...

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