October 11, 2025
Britain’s Norland College trains about 300 students at a time to become elite nannies. In addition to standard childcare training, nannies-to-be are schooled in self-defense and evasive driving to thwart potential kidnappers. The British press often describes graduates, who’ve gone on to nanny for royalty, as “Mary Poppins meets James Bond.”
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Does Listening to Mozart Make Kids Smarter?
One of the most tenacious myths in parenting is the so-called Mozart effect, which says that listening to music by the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart can increase a child’s intelligence. The idea has been promoted by advocates for arts education and by retailers who sell special
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