Links, December 4, 2023
Palm Trees and More
We just got back from a weekend trip to West Palm Beach. My folks needed some traveling support as they visited my aunt, whose dementia keeps getting worse. I'm a little groggy from getting in late last night, so I thought I would get back up speed this morning with some newsletter-links.
I like Ezra Klein's list of books in 2023 that best explain 2023.
Our Eldercare system in this country is seriously screwed up. My aunt in Florida lives in an $8K-per-month memory care facility. Luckily, my uncle put some money aside for her, before he passed away, because the Medicaid/Medicare options for dementia are not great.
More good results for the Science of Reading in California. Jill Barshay on the "Right-To-Read Settlement in California.
The violent sexual crimes done on the poor girls at the music concert on Oct. 7th are horrific, beyond anything that I could have ever imagined. After learning about those crimes, how can anyone support Hamas? How can these college kids ignore these crimes?
There's a movement to strip Harry and Meghan of their royal titles.
Question of the Day: What's the right age for a kid to get a cellphone? If you had a do-over, would you have stricter Internet rules for your kids?
Picture: Palm Trees in Palm Gardens, this weekend.
Here I was thinking that Harry and Meghan would relinquish their titles on their own.
The right age for a child to have a cellphone is when they need it.
If you were to hold me to an age - probably about 11 at the youngest - as this is when they start to think logically.
I think, too, that kids self-regulate when they're on the Internet - when it comes to time; resources; content and presentation.