First they came for Pluto. Then math. Now it’s the alphabet! You might not know your ABCs — or be able to sing along anymore. The alphabet song of our youth has been updated, and confused parents are ...
Growing older means confusion and resistance to change, especially to those familiar elements of childhood we hold near and dear. It’s bittersweet, but often, change is necessary for progress and for ...
Human beings are mimetic. Meaning, we mimic each other. A child sees her parent eating an apple and instinctively both understands and wants to do it themselves. Or we see someone older doing ...
This version of the “alphabet song” is getting a failing grade. TV writer Noah Garfinkel (“Abby’s,” “New Girl”) is trying to rile up parents and easily shaken adults about a tweaked version of the ...
Lecturer in Music Education and Teaching, University of the Sunshine Coast But the history of this famous song goes back a little further than that. Nobody knows exactly who invented this tune, but we ...