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The effects of music on expression and education

From their first garbled versions of nursery rhymes to the teenage pop idols, children embrace and love music in all its form. With good reason, pregnant mothers are even encouraged to play soothing music to their unborn child. Since the beginning of time, humans have created music. Its various forms can soothe, inspire and invigorate, as well as create feelings of nostalgia and joy. According...

Three tips for bringing up digital natives

Kids today have to navigate a very different technological landscape to those of previous generations. ‘Digital natives’, as those who were born after the technology boom are known, are now starting to come of age, and we are starting to understand the effects that technology has on those for whom it is second nature. We often hear scare stories on the news about a decline in our kids’...