Tom Weisner is an emeritus professor of anthropology and psychiatry at UCLA. He studies and teaches about culture and human development; families and children at risk; and evidence-informed policies to improve the lives of children and families. He has done research in Kenya on the effects on children and parents of rural-urban migration; in Delhi, India on families and children with autism; supports for working poor families in Wisconsin; families with children with disabilities in Los Angeles; hippie and countercultural families and children in California; sibling caretaking and education in Hawaii; non-parental and sibling caretaking around the world; and gratitude and school achievement among Latino adolescents and families in Los Angeles. He has served on the Board of the NGO ChildFund International. He went to Reed College (BA) and Harvard (PhD). He is married to Susan Meade Weisner, and has two sons and four beautiful grandchildren.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

In this perspective-expanding and enjoyable talk, Dan Finkel invites us to approach learning and teaching math with courage, curiosity, and a sense of play.

Dan Finkel wants everyone to have fun with math. After completing his Ph.D. in algebraic geometry at the University of Washington, he decided that teaching math was the most important contribution he could make to the world. He has devoted much of his life to understanding and teaching the motivation, history, aesthetics, and deep structure of mathematics.

Dan is the Founder and Director of Operations of Math for Love, a Seattle-based organization devoted to transforming how math is taught and learned. A teacher of teachers and students, Dan works with schools, develops curriculum, leads teacher workshops, and gives talks on mathematics and education throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Dan is one of the creators of Prime Climb, the beautiful, colorful, mathematical board game. He contributes regularly to the New York Times Numberplay blog and hosts Seattle’s Julia Robinson Math Festival annually. In his spare time he performs improv comedy in Seattle.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

By loading kids with high expectations and micromanaging their lives at every turn, parents aren’t actually helping. At least, that’s how Julie Lythcott-Haims sees it. With passion and wry humor, the former Dean of Freshmen at Stanford makes the case for parents to stop defining their children’s success via grades and test scores. Instead, she says, they should focus on providing the oldest idea of all: unconditional love.

Whether you’re just launching your adult life or finally giving yourself permission to question assumptions about adulthood, learn practical strategies to build a future that fits you from Julie Lythcott-Haims. Enroll in her TED Course “How to become be your best adult self” today: https://tedtalks.social/3OmpymZ

What happens when we include our children in the conversations they have a stake in?

Once a psychotherapist, now a coach and consultant, Kris uses her intuitive insight, diagnostic skills and business savvy to help her clients discover their Natural Genius Factor and use it to excel in business and create harmonious family relationships. She’s helped hundreds of women and men learn to calm their little voices in their heads and follow their intuition to create powerful results personally and professionally. She is the author of “Life Well Spoken: Free Your Inner Voice & Prosper,” and the creator of “Align Your Design at Home & Work.”

Are you ok? Despite being a common question, it can be difficult to answer. Expressing feelings is something most people struggle with, but learning to verbalise themis the key to regulating your emotions. Dr Jacqui Barfoot is an alum of the School of Health and Rehabilitation Science at The University of Queensland, an experienced Occupational Therapist, and Postdoctoral Clinical Researcher. She is passionate about creating a shift in early childhood intervention where parents are at the centre of therapy, supporting lifelong and rich relationships with their children. Jacqui has developed an innovative and practical training package for early childhood practitioners to feel confident incorporating a relationship-focused approach in their therapy as a foundation for all other areas of child development. She is also involved in several clinical research projects that focus on supporting parents who have a child with a disability. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

Ella Lee’s talk is about the benefits of reading and the impact reading can have on your life. Ella Lee is a ninth-grade student from Mountain Brook, Alabama. She loves to play piano, dance, read and spend time with her friends and family.

The parent trap. We all favor one child more out of all our kids. Come on, admit it! But how does this affect our kids, the ‘favored’ and the ‘unfavored’? And how can we handle favoritism in the best way in our family?

Favoritism is a common phenomenon in every home. It could be a completely unintentional preferential treatment, a perceived favoritism by a child, or just a parental preference. Yet how we treat each of our kids will affect them – and their siblings. It affects individual relationships, as well as the family dynamics.

This video will help you understand how favoritism, when left unchecked, can affect your children, their mental health, self-esteem, and emotional well-being. It will help you recognize if you’re guilty of showing favoritism, even if you don’t mean to. You may love all your kids equally, but your behaviour or temperament might be different with each child. Recognizing this early means being able to target the problem and work on it, and prevent your children from being hurt or becoming emotionally distant from you.

We also explore various strategies families can use to prevent favoritism, so you can follow these helpful tips to keep favoritism out of your home.
What do you think about favoritism in the family? Let us know in the comments below!

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About Brendan
Brendan Hogan is Master Teacher in the Liberal Studies Program at NYU where he teaches the history of political thought and topics in philosophy of social science and political philosophy. He received his PhD in philosophy from The New School for Social Research and taught at Pacific Lutheran University before joining LSP here at NYU. Last year he taught for LSP at NYU- Florence and the year prior at NYU-Paris. He has also taught in Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, and Denmark. He has published articles in political philosophy and philosophy of social science, and has presented papers in Poland, Italy, France, Brazil, Sweden, Iceland, Spain, and several other international venues. His research interests focus on the ways in which we understand human action, the role of rationality and imagination in realizing our power in political life, both individually and collectively, and normative questions regarding concepts of cosmopolitanism and political economy. In the pursuit of happiness he heads to MOMA, etc., the Corner Bistro, and YTTP.

Megan Olivia Hall, Science Teacher (2013 Minnesota Teacher of the Year) Megan Olivia Hall teaches science and service at Open World Learning Community, an intentionally small Expeditionary Learning school in Saint Paul Public Schools. She founded Open’s first Advanced Placement program, recruiting students from all walks of life to college prep classes. She is a leader in character education, providing professional development, curriculum and mentorship. In 2013, Hall was named Minnesota Teacher of the Year. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)