What Happened Before the Big Bang?

What happened before the big bang?

Nice page to use when confronted with this ever popular question from kids.  Although, it is very likely going to trigger more questions.  Especially this sentence - time did not always exist; and second, there was no first moment of time.

How To Help Your Child's Brain Grow Up Strong

How to Help your Child's Brain Grow up Strong

This is the first time I have read about teaching self control and willpower.  This seems to tie to something I once heard on a BBC program about how children learn how to deal with stress as well as reslience to stress from their parents.

"This is really critical because there are so many things parents want to do when they read parenting books," he says. "They take steps to teach their children math or reading ... but a big thing we can do for our children is to do the best to foster the development of self-control and willpower. Self-control and the ability to restrain impulses is associated with success at every age, whether it means being able to read at age 4, or being able to restrain impulses at a later age, or even what your peers think of you in high school. At all of these ages, willpower and self-control is a stronger predictor of academic success than IQ.""