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That French guy who doesn't understand French

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Ranting About Metric vs Imperial with a NYC Cabbie

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Power of Fitness | Vincent Lam | TEDxRanneySchool

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Why reading matters | Rita Carter | TEDxCluj

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Extreme Ownership | Jocko Willink | TEDxUniversityofNevada

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What I learned from going blind in space | Chris Hadfield

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Got a Meeting? Take a Walk | Nilofer Merchant | TED

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The art of choosing | Sheena Iyengar | TED

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A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit | Judson Brewer | TED

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Is Social Media Hurting Your Mental Health? | Bailey Parnell | TEDxRyersonU

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As parents, we all want to raise kids who are smart and focused, especially in a world where digital distraction seems to be inescapable. (Even tech titans like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates have strategies for limiting their children's screen time.)

Why? Because in the future, there will be two kinds of people in the world: Those who let their attention and lives be controlled and coerced by others and those who proudly call themselves "indistractable."

Becoming indistractable is the most important skill for the 21st century - and it's one that many parents fail to teach their kids. After years of studying the intersection of psychology, technology and how we engage with it, one of the biggest mistakes I see parents making is not empowering their kids with the autonomy to control their own time.

Allowing them to do so is a tremendous gift; even if they fail from time to time, failure is part of the learning process. Parents need to understand that it's okay to put their kids in charge, because it's only when they learn to practice monitoring their own behavior that they learn how to manage their own time and attention.

When my daughter was five and already insisting on "iPad time" with unrelenting protests, my wife and I knew we had to act.

After we all calmed down, we did our best to respect her needs in the way Richard Ryan, one of the most cited researchers in the world on the drivers of human behavior, recommends: We explained, as simply as we could, that too much screen time comes at the expense of other things.

As a kindergartner, she was learning to tell time, so we could explain that there was only so much of it for things she enjoyed. Spending too much time with apps and videos meant less time to play with friends at the park, swim at the community pool, or be with Mom and Dad.

We also explained that the apps and videos on the iPad were made by some very smart people and were intentionally designed to keep her hooked and habitually watching.

It's important that our kids understand the motives of the gaming companies and social networks: While these products sell us fun and connection, they also profit from our time and attention.

This might seem like a lot to teach a five-year-old, but we felt a strong need to equip her with the ability to make decisions about her screen usage and enforce her own rules.

We then asked her how much screen time per day she thought was good for her. We took a risk by giving her the autonomy to make the decision for herself, but it was worth a shot.

Truthfully, I expected her to say, "All day!" But she didn't. Instead, armed with the logic behind why limiting screen time was important and with the freedom to decide in her hands, she sheepishly asked for "two shows." Two episodes of a kid-appropriate program on Netflix is about 45 minutes, I explained.

"Does 45 minutes seem like the right amount of screen time per day for you?" I sincerely asked. She nodded in agreement, and I could tell by the hint of a smile that she felt she had gotten the better end of the deal. As far as I was concerned, 45 minutes was fine with me, as it left plenty of time for other activities.

"How do you plan to make sure you don't watch for more than 45 minutes per day?" I asked. Not wanting to lose the negotiation that she clearly felt she was winning, she proposed using a kitchen timer she could set herself.

"Sounds good," I agreed. "But if Mommy and Daddy notice you're not able to keep the promise you made to yourself and to us, we'll have to revisit this discussion," I said, and she agreed.

Today, as a spirited 10-year-old, my daughter is still in charge of her screen time. She's made some adjustments to her self-imposed guidelines as she's grown, such as trading daily episodes for a weekend movie night. She's also replaced the kitchen timer with other tools; she now calls out to Amazon's Alexa to set a timer to let her know when she's reached her limit.

The important thing is that these are her rules, not ours, and that she's in charge of enforcing them. Best of all, when her time is up, it's not her dad who has to be the bad guy; it's her device telling her she's had enough.

Without realizing it, she entered into an "effort pact," a kind of pre-commitment that involves increasing the amount of effort required to perform an undesirable action.

This type of pre-commitment can help us become indistractable. Many parents want to know if there is a correct amount of time kids should be allowed to spend on their screens, but no such absolute number exists. There are too many factors at play, including the child's specific needs, what the child is doing online and the activities that screen time is replacing.

The most important thing is to involve the child in the conversation and help them set their own rules. When parents impose limits without their kids' input, they are setting them up to be resentful and incentivizing them to cheat the system.

These strategies are no guarantee of parent-child domestic harmony. In fact, we should expect to have heated discussions about the role technology plays in our homes and in our kids' lives, just as many families have fiery debates over giving the car keys to their teens on a Saturday night. Discussions and, at times, respectful disagreements are a sign of a healthy family.

If there's one lesson to take away from this, it's that distraction is a problem like any other. Whether in a large corporation or in a small family, when we discuss our problems openly and in an environment where we feel safe and supported, we can resolve them together.

One thing is for certain: Technology is becoming more pervasive and persuasive. While it's important our kids are aware that products are designed to be highly engaging, we also need to reinforce their belief in their own power to overcome distraction. It's their responsibility - as well as their right - to use their time wisely.
is a graduate and instructor at Stanford's Graduate School of Business. He writes, consults and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology and business. Nir's writing has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Time and Psychology Today. His latest book, "Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life" (published by BenBella Books) is out now.

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Stanford psychology expert: This is the No. 1 skill parents need to teach their kids-but most don't

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As parents, we all want to raise kids who are smart and focused, especially in a world where digital distraction seems to be inescapable. (Even tech titans like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates have strategies for limiting their children's screen time.) Why?

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Whole Grain vs Multigrain vs Whole Wheat vs Wholemeal 🍞🍝 | LiveLeanTV

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What's the Difference Between Whole GRAIN and Whole WHEAT?

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Whole grains vs. Refined grains explained with examples

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Sugar is Not a Treat | Jody Stanislaw | TEDxSunValley

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French Students Try And Pronounce Difficult English Words

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Can you pronounce those words? #french #english #german #accentchallenge

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Counting to 100 in French with a NYC Cabbie

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Hello friends! My name is Malinda Kathleen Reese, and I'm so glad you've found my channel! Currently I am writing original music, both comedy and pop. I also love to make videos that use Google Translate to distort the lyrics and stories of songs that you know and love in my series "Google Translate Sings."

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Google Translate Sings: "My Heart Will Go On" from Titanic

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Test: Can You Recognize Everyday Objects Close Up?

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TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time (4K)

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◄ AGE of UNIVERSE ► TIME in perspective ⏱️

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Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers

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From rockets to stock markets, many of humanity's most thrilling creations are powered by math. So why do kids lose interest in it? Conrad Wolfram says the part of math we teach -- calculation by hand -- isn't just tedious, it's mostly irrelevant to real mathematics and the real world.

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Enter one or two lower-case English words to see translations from Google Translate.

Examples: banana the cat she runs

Random words: coin financial

A few things to keep in mind:

Translations are generated by Google Translate. Some may be inaccurate or use non-European (e.g. Brazilian Portuguese) words.

Just one translation is provided for each word; watch out for words with multiple meanings!

The Google Translate API does not yet translate into all European languages.

If Google Translate cannot find a translation, it simply shows the English word.

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Enter one or two lower-case English words to see translations from Google Translate. Examples: banana the cat she runs Random words: coin financial A few things to keep in mind: Translations are generated by Google Translate. Some may be inaccurate or use non-European (e.g. Brazilian Portuguese) words.

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Ranting About Metric vs Imperial with a NYC Cabbie

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UPDATE: We wrote this in 2017, but now it needs a very important update after Bruce Willis's first pitch in Philadelphia.
The 2017 Major League Baseball season is underway, and with that news comes another year of botched ceremonial first pitches.

We've already seen one toss that wasn't so great courtesy of Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson:

Not the greatest, but it hardly deserves to be on this list. Here are the all-time worst we've seen:

12. Bruce Willis, 2019

The only reason I'm including it in here is because it got so much attention as Phillies fans booed him for bouncing the first pitch well in front of home plate. Is it really that bad? There are so many others in here that are waaaay worse.

11. Snoop Dogg, 2016

Looked really great coming out of his hands, but it was extremely wild.

10. Michael Jordan, 1998

Hey, he wasn't a pitcher during his minor league baseball stint.

9. Gary "Bababooey" Dell'Abate, 2009

Not as bad as others on this list, but the faux documentary put together by Howard Stern is worth your time.

8. Miss Texas, 2016

A good effort, though, and not as bad as another Miss Texas (see below).

7. John Wall, 2011

It could have been much, much worse for the camera man.

6. Carly Rae Jepsen, 2013

Oops.

5. Miss Texas, 2014

Yeah, not so good.

4. Jordan Leandre, 2017

It was a solid airmail job by a fan at Fenway Park, but the fact that it hit a dude in the groin means it got so many bonus points.

3. Carl Lewis, 2003

An amazing, incredible, super-talented athlete. But wow, this is a rough one. His second try, of course, was way better. At least we can say this is better than his national anthem.

2. 50 Cent, 2014

I was prepared to defend this one, but watching it again three years later, you realize it deserves to be high up on this list. What's even more fascinating about this toss - and what gets it into this slot - is the fact that his warmup throw looked great. Via TMZ:

1. Mark Mallory, 2007

The then-Cincinnati mayor tossed a positively awful dribbler, and to make matters worse, the umpire who he hit with the pitch jokingly threw him out of the game.

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The 12 worst ceremonial first pitches of all time, ranked (UPDATED)

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UPDATE: We wrote this in 2017, but now it needs a very important update after Bruce Willis's first pitch in Philadelphia. The 2017 Major League Baseball season is underway, and with that news comes another year of botched ceremonial first pitches.

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Why was Pink for Boys and Blue for Girls?