Want to Get Your Kids Into College? Let Them Play

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Authors
Erika Christakis, Nicholas Christakis
Published
12/29/2010
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Citation
Christakis, Erika & Nicholas Christakis. 2010. Want to get your kids into college? Let them play. CNN (December 29): http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/12/29/christakis.play.children.learning/index.html (retrieved 6/20/13)

Every day where we work, we see our young students struggling with the transition from home to school. They’re all wonderful kids, but some can’t share easily or listen in a group. Some have impulse control problems and have trouble keeping their hands to themselves; others don’t always see that actions have consequences; a few suffer terribly from separation anxiety.

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