Not sure I get the tinfoil reference... I was talking about pot. please explain!

Please put your tinfoil hat back on and rest, dear.

No, tech doesn't lead to pot smoking. Sorry my post wasn't clear. I was trying to provide an example of how exposure can have different impact on developing brains. Hasn't it been proven that this is true for tech exposure in kids? No. I was just trying to provide one example of how environmental exposure differs in impact based on age.

I don't think I am doing good job of this. Never mind!

Anonymous wrote:What? Technology use leads to pot smoking?

Yes. I had a fisher price record player in elementary school, and I'm certain that is why I smoked a lot of weed in high school.

Anonymous wrote:Lady, anybody who chooses higher radiation levels is a bad one. Possibly a desperate one longing for affirmation that it's okay, but still a bad parent. Unless DCI gets more balance with the whole techo nonsense, my kids are going elsewhere.

I just knew it was the crazy telephone radiation lady that was hijacking this thread. I bet you don't live within 20 miles of the school, nutso.

What? Technology use leads to pot smoking?

Agree with 18:04. For example, much greater risk of drop in IQ for pot smokers under 25 years. Risk is greatly reduced in older smokers because their brains have matured.

Some parents are more risk adverse and there is nothing wrong with being conservative. Some parents might try to mitigate risk and others fully embrace the unknown. I guess we all need to make the choice that works for us. I am still holding out hope that I can make DCI work!

Anonymous wrote:I am in a profession where constant, daily learning is required. I have not read a "real" book nor taken handwritten notes in years, but yet I still learn.

Well, unless you're some sort of child genius, your brain is also already fully developed. In case you weren't aware, this is one of the big issues when talking about how children learn and important factors to consider: children's brains are still developing. Some decisions made before 18 will impact their brain functioning and skills forever, sometimes in small ways, sometimes in much bigger ways. Some in great ways, some in really problematic ways.

I am in a profession where constant, daily learning is required. I have not read a "real" book nor taken handwritten notes in years, but yet I still learn.

I, too, am concerned about DCI' s focus on technology (which does not appear evidence-based). In fact, there is some evidence that suggests that the best way to learn is to read a real book and to handwrite real notes. My DC is at a feeder school and we were initially excited because of the possibility to continue a bilingual education and attend an IB school. We will wait and see how DCI handles parents' valid concerns.

There, there. Why don't you make a tinfoil hat and let it go?

Lady, anybody who chooses higher radiation levels is a bad one. Possibly a desperate one longing for affirmation that it's okay, but still a bad parent. Unless DCI gets more balance with the whole techo nonsense, my kids are going elsewhere.

Some children will always be distracted in school. Whether it's playing games on chromebooks, cell phones, doodling, reading other material and magazines during class. I have a son at Gonzaga College High who sees kids on their phones during class and their parents are paying for that!

You have a right not to send your child to DCI if you choose but I also have right to send my child there if I choose. I don't consider BASIS parents bad because they seek out some of the most rigorous academics nor do I consider Montessori parents bad who choose a less structured environment.

It's about what you feel is best for children. It not that I don't care about a child's health, I do. Parent's must decide what they feel is an acceptable risk for their children. Processes foods, TV, and cell phones are all bad for our children. Some parents allow their children to ride the Metro alone, I don't but there not bad parents just because they are not raising their children the way I do.

That's the great thing about school choice.

This thread should be about passing along information so that current and perspective parents are interacting and making informed decisions. No need to be discourteous.

There's probably a Chrome app. that will assist in child in wiping his own ass. Doesn't make it good for them.

No need for the snark! Thanks for posting some helpful links.