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My three-year-old keeps attacking his little brother. How can I stop him? | Matt Beard
Your older son doesn’t want to pinch and push any more than your younger son wants to be pinched and pushed, Matt Beard says. Take that as your starting point
Matt Beard
13, Jul, 2021 @5:30 PM
We can have all the magic of Santa without the lies | Matt Beard
For children, something doesn’t have to be real to be special. It’s make believe of the very best kind, full of wonder and absurdity
Matt Beard
21, Dec, 2020 @5:13 AM
We mustn't understate the importance of anyone's life when it comes to Covid deaths | Matt Beard
Limiting our counting of virus mortalities to those who were previously in the peak of health is to court a deep and ruinous belief
Matt Beard
26, Aug, 2020 @6:33 AM
Those talking about a fast end to social distancing should consider the cost paid in human lives | Matt Beard
We can’t pretend this is a thought experiment: the people who are sacrificed here aren’t abstractions
Matt Beard
16, Apr, 2020 @2:02 AM
The dilemma of ethical consumption: how much are your ethics worth to you? | Matt Beard
Everyone, rich and poor alike, should be able to buy the cheapest product with a clean conscience
Matt Beard
31, Jan, 2020 @7:00 PM
Montessori education could reduce the advantage gap between rich and poor, but it's only available to the rich | Matt Beard
There’s evidence of the benefits of Montessori methods, but mostly only the white middle-class have the time or money for it
Matt Beard
19, Jan, 2020 @4:30 PM
Sometimes you need to put your friends on hold, and I now understand that's OK | Matt Beard
At first I mocked the idea of friends asking each other’s permission to share their woes, but then I realised that protecting yourself is not always selfish
Matt Beard
26, Dec, 2019 @1:00 AM
Elf on the Shelf is a fun and festive way to teach your child to submit to the surveillance state | Matt Beard
This Christmas, give the little ones a gift that keeps on giving – the fear that someone, somewhere is always watching them
Matt Beard
15, Dec, 2019 @5:00 PM
To fix the problem of deepfakes we must treat the cause, not the symptoms | Matt Beard
Once technology is released, it’s like herding cats. Why do we continue to let the tech sector manage its own mess?
Matt Beard
23, Jul, 2019 @2:30 AM
Stem gets a lot of headlines in education circles. But it's not a silver bullet | Matthew Beard
If education is going to be any kind of antidote to the maladies of our time, it needs to be about more than skills and economic utility
Matt Beard
04, Nov, 2018 @5:00 PM
Do we have to choose between being a good parent and good at our job? | Matthew Beard
I’m half writing this, half thinking about whether it is the best use of a few precious, toddler-free moments
Matt Beard
30, Sep, 2018 @6:00 PM
No more 'death & taxes' – but do we really want to live forever with nothing to do?
The Future of Work and Death documentary questions the real consequences of our preoccupation with progress for its own sake
Matthew Beard
02, Mar, 2017 @11:00 PM
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