Sam ShapiroMarch 31, 2023comment (0)Podcast

Want a Healthy College Kid? Start Now.

In this episode, Sam Shapiro, Marin Montessori’s Head of School, speaks to ⁠Varun Soni⁠, Dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California, about the mental health crisis on college campuses and what we might do about it.

Throughout their deeply felt conversation, they try to work backward to identify the strategies parents of young children can use to increase the likelihood that their kids will enter college healthy, confident, and whole.

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Terry DubowFebruary 27, 2023comment (0)Podcast

Why a Low Tech School for a High Tech World: Expert Interview

We’re living in the middle of the revolution that has reshaped our world. In this episode, Tom Preston-Werner, MMS parent and founder and former CEO of GitHub, joins for a wide-ranging conversation about the role technology plays in modern life, what we should do about exposing our kids to it, and how we should go about preparing them to be agile, creators, not passive consumers. Parents sometimes wonder whether they’re disadvantaging future coders by sending them to a low-tech school. Tom’s answer might surprise you.

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