How Should We Teach Our Kids to Be Competent? 'Bean Dad' Brought Back Memories
The Dance Centre will showcase online performances in the lead up to International Dance Day on April 29. As recounted by the father (a self-described “apocalypse dad”) on Twitter, the girl wanted a meal, but dad refused to help open the can, challenging the girl to figure it out for herself. A six-hour struggle ensued, filled with childish tears, paternalism and finally… victory. Of sorts. The story elicited alternating waves of condemnation and applause. Opinion, as is the way these days, was sharply divided. One camp saw the incident as a teachable moment, an opportunity to pass alon...