Colleague maria russo. So much of raising children these days seems to be about what we dont want them to do keeping them away from danger both real and virtual could no doubt this is a feature perhaps a bug of our helicopter in engaged but i think this attitude often fails to provide a sense of independence and kids not only do they not know how to walk down the street by themselves but they are also incapable of entertaining themselves at least without a device in hand. For reasons both selfish and selfless we know this is an important life skill for them the Current Situation is untenable like kids have trouble with any kind of unstructured activity but reading for pleasure is perhaps the activity that suffers the most part according to recent analysis of the american study the share of americans who read for pleasure has fallen by more than 30 since 2004. So if theres a way to reverse this trend i think it will have to start with their children and i can think of no one who can hel
Good afternoon, everyone. We are running a little bit behind today. On behalf of the American Enterprise institute i would like to welcome you with the conversation with pamela paul of the New York Times book review about her recent book how to raise a reader. She coauthored it with her colleague maria russo. So much about raising children is about what we dont want them to do, keep them dangers both real and virtual, no doubt this is a feature and bug of our helicoptering age with this attitude fails to promote a sense of independence in kids. Not only do they not know how to walk down the street by themselves but are incapable of entertaining themselves without a device in hand. For reasons both selfish, parents need a break, and selfless, we know this is an important life skill for them, the Current Situation is pretty untenable, our kids have trouble with any unstructured activity but reading for pleasure is the activity that has suffered the most. According to a recent analysis th
Particularly announced wednesday by Vladimir Putin shifting Greater Authority to parliament which has left many wondering what this means about putins own plans to relinquish the presidency or not in a few years. So we are especially fortunate to have with us this evening an expert on putins russia, joshua yaffa who is the moscow correspondent for thenew yorker. Been covering russia for much of the past decade and his new book between two fires truth, ambition, compromise in putins russia offers a truly fascinating and revealing look at the impact of the putin era has had on above all the nations psyche and the moral struggles and calculations that Many Russians confront. Josh has written a very nuanced portrait ofrussia. Nothing like the simplistic view of that country, oppressed people lorded over by a kgb trained dictator area josh describes a people who fall somewhere between oppressor and oppressed, prone to compromise and accommodation with the state but still double and resource
On behalf of the american in enter enterprise, we will hear about her recent book how to raise a reader. She authored it with her colleague maria russo. So much of raising children these days seems to be about what we do not want them to do, keeping them away from dangers, real in virtual, no doubt this is a feature, perhaps a bug of her helicopter and age and i think this attitude fails to promote a sense of independence and kids. Not only do they not know how to walk down the street by themselves but they are also pretty much incapable of entertaining themselves at least without a device in hand. So for reasons both selfish, parents need a break and selfless, we know this is an important life skill for them, i think the Current Situation is pretty untenable. Our kids have trouble with any kind of unstructured activity but reading for pleasure is perhaps activity that has suffered the most. According to a recent analysis of the American Time study, the share of americans to read for p
Reading well. Good afternoon, i Michelle Easton president of the center for conservative women. I want to thank you all for coming and welcome you to october, conservative Womans Network lunch, cwm, a special thank you as well to the heritage foundation, bridget was a collation for the relation they have been putting on this monthly luncheon with outstanding conservative women for almost 20 years and its a real pleasure to come here once a month. Today am pleased to introduce the october speaker, karen swallow prior. She will be discussing her new book, pull it appear, it is a little one but a good one, it is called on reading well, finding the good life through great literature. In her book she tweeted a number of great books of western literature and explores in each one a single virtue like justice, faith, love and the result, i tell you in a test personally, that you understand the virtues better and you want to practice them in a better way. She is professor of english at Liberty