Category Archives: Distraction

Today’s Exhausted Superkids–the Value of Sleep

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Advanced Reading Concepts

The following is a follow on from a parenting article in the Washington Post that kids need more sleep.
The original was from a 2015 article in the New York times written by Frank Bruni: Today’s Exhausted Superkids. “There are several passages in the new book “Overloaded and Underprepared” that fill me with sadness for American high school students, the most driven of whom are forever in search of a competitive edge. Some use stimulants like Adderall. Some cheat.

But the part of the book that somehow got to me most was about sleep.”
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Posted on December 1, 2017 by Advanced Reading Concepts | Leave a comment

Addicted To Distraction — Great article in the New York Times about Concentration

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Advanced Reading Concepts

I have found that more and more it is harder and harder to concentrate and to get things done.  And  I teach people how to concentrate better! Most of the people I talk to about reading confess the same problem. The New … Continue reading →

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