Have to pass along this inspirational story of Julian Merchant, a New Rochelle, NY high school sophomore who is making his mark on the world of fencing. Read it here, and share with your sons. Maybe they'll want to give fencing a try! Kudos to Julian and the Merchant family, and thanks to Roy Johnson for bringing this story [...]
Today's post comes from Oliver C. Sutton III, father of two young boys and a loyal GCP reader. Great to have a GCP Dad's point of view! Over the past several months there have been a number of posts here at GCP that I have found enlightening, entertaining and not quite useful to me yet. You see, I am [...]
Last week GCP attended a Common Sense Media lunch where a panel of experts discussed the impact of media on the self-esteem and body image of boys and girls. Expertly moderated by Nightline co-anchor Cynthia McFadden, the panel featured Joanna Coles, editor-in-chief of Marie Claire magazine, Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair, a clinical psychologist and school consultant specializing in children's social [...]
Do you have a middle schooler who loves sports and is not so crazy about science? Have him take a look at these videos which could make learning science more fun. "Science of NFL Football" on NBCLearn.com, found here, is a 10-part video series funded by the National Science Foundation and produced in partnership with the National Football League. [...]
Monday's "Room for Debate" topic at the New York Times.com was "March Madness? What about Midterms?", where writers and educators were asked to discuss how the NCAA can better focus on the "student" part of the student-athlete. Of particular note is a response from Ron Thomas, Director of Morehouse College's Journalism and Sports Program and author of a book [...]
Yesterday evening GCP attended "A Conversation with Julian Bond and Anderson Cooper", to hear CNN anchor Cooper interview Bond about his life in the civil rights movement. Bond, who was the co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and more recently the Chairman Emeritus of the NAACP, reminisced about the evolution of his work in the civil rights [...]
Today's inspiring stories for your sons (and for you as well) are provided by members of both teams in today's Super Bowl. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, considered by some to be one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, didn't have an easy road to success. Brady's unyielding commitment to hard work and his willingness to persevere [...]
GCP has previously featured articles about what teachers and coaches can learn from one another. Today we focus on what parents can learn from football. Regardless of how much of a football fan you are during the rest of the season, it is hard not to focus on the game during the playoffs. And even we novice watchers learn [...]
Here's an inspirational story for you, as reported in Yahoo! Sports: Braylon Edwards, who was a Cleveland Browns rookie in 2005, promised back then to give $10,000 in scholarships to 100 Cleveland area eighth-graders if they could graduate high school with over a 2.5 GPA and 15 hours community service. Of the 100 who were afforded the opportunity, 79 [...]
Today's New York Times has a full-page ad courtesy of Baylor University celebrating Robert Griffin III's winning the 2011 Heisman Trophy. (For those of you without access to a hard copy of the Times, here is a link to a not so great shot of the ad). Above a large picture of Griffin in uniform, smiling as he holds [...]