The screentime battles are already in full swing with my niece. She turned 2 years old in January. “I want iPad,” she wails across the house during lunchtime. She refuses to eat, even though I can ...

Watching a child learn to read feels magical. I remember the first time my son read a book all by himself. I watched in amazement as my kindergartner slowly made his way through an easy reader, ...

Nicholas Dames has taught Literature Humanities, Columbia University’s required great-books course, since 1998. He loves the job, but it has changed. Over the past decade, students have become ...