This guy said something that got me thinking. He said students could probably learn more in 5 hours with better technology than they do in 8 hours of traditional school. And honestly? He’s not wrong about that part. But here’s where I think the conversation stops too early. We’ve had educational TV since the 70s. Khan Academy has been free for years. YouTube has more tutorials than any school library on earth. Kids already have all of that in their pockets, every single day. And schools are still largely the same as they were when our parents were sitting in those same chairs. So if technology was always the answer, why hasn’t it worked yet? The real problem isn’t that lessons are delivered badly. The real problem is that a lot of what children are being forced to sit through has nothing to do with their actual lives. And when that happens, the brain does something very specific. It shuts down. Because the brain is wired to disengage from things that feel irrelevant to it. I’ve seen this in my work with hundreds of children. The same child who “can’t pay attention” during a math lesson will spend two hours memorizing every football stat from the Premier League without anyone asking them to. Their brain isn’t broken. It’s just selective. It engages deeply with what feels relevant and interesting, and it switches off when something doesn’t. That’s not a technology problem. That’s a relevance problem. The second thing missing from this conversation is what homeschooling has quietly gotten right for years. It’s not the curriculum. It’s that the child’s interest actually shapes what gets taught. A child obsessed with cooking can learn chemistry through recipes. A child who loves football can learn fractions through match statistics. The learning happens faster, it sticks longer, and you don’t have to drag the child to the desk. Interest isn’t a distraction from education. Interest is the engine of it. So yes, I’m fully in support of making learning more engaging. Better videos, better formats, more interactive experiences. All of that is good. But if we just swap boring textbooks for exciting videos about things children don’t care about, we haven’t solved anything. We’ve just made the same problem look different. The sequence that actually works is this. First, make it relevant to where the child is right now, developmentally and personally. Second, let their genuine interests lead the direction of learning. Then, and only then, use every tool available to make it fun and engaging. Technology is the vehicle. Relevance and interest are the destination. MrBeast built one of the biggest audiences on earth by obsessing over one question: “will people actually want to watch this?” Imagine if that same question was asked about every child, every lesson, every day. “Does this child actually want to learn this? Does it connect to something real in their world?”

New @FamStudies: Almost "every rule a parent imposes makes parenting feel harder. But virtually every parental-enforced rule is linked to better parent-child relationships." ✔️ Strict bedtime ✔️ Screentime limits ✔️ Dedicated HW time = Happier teen. @lymanstoneky's latest:

We now have evidence that gentle parenting doesn’t work. Here’s an uncomfortable truth about parenting no one wants to say out loud: The data is not kind to gentle parenting. According to teenagers, strict curfews. strict bedtimes, screen limits, device drop off times, dedicated homework blocks, and sleepover restrictions IMPROVE higher relationship quality. And yes, parenting difficulty goes up. Of course it does. Leadership is harder than appeasement. For the past decade we have been sold a watered down, Instagram friendly version of “gentle parenting” that often collapses into boundary avoidance, endless negotiation and emotional processing without enforcement. Parents terrified of saying no because they do not want to rupture connection. But connection without authority is not connection. It is dependency. When parents impose structure, the relationship improves. Teenagers report better parent child relationship quality in homes with curfews and rules. Younger kids report better relationships in homes with screen limits and bedtimes. Even device drop off times correlate positively. Why? Because structure is not cruelty. Structure is love made visible. A bedtime says: your brain matters more than your entertainment. A screen limit says: your dopamine system is not fully developed and I will guard it until it is. A curfew says: your safety matters more than your social standing. That is not authoritarianism. That is caring. Boundaries create friction. Friction creates growth. The parent absorbs the short term discomfort so the child does not pay the long term cost. Children do not experience well calibrated limits as rejection. They experience them as stability. The human brain craves predictability. Predictability reduces anxiety. Reduced anxiety strengthens attachment. That is why relationship quality goes up. Notice something else in the data. The strongest effects are around time structure. Bedtime. Homework. Devices. Outside play. These are environmental constraints. They scaffold executive function. The winning formula is not tyranny. It is high warmth plus high structure. The modern failure mode is high warmth plus low structure. That is just abdication of responsibility wrapped in empathy. Children need leadership, not negotiation. They need adults who can tolerate their anger. They need boundaries that do not move every time emotions spike. They need someone whose prefrontal cortex is fully myelinated. The harder path produces the stronger bond. Because when a child feels that someone is strong enough to hold the line, they relax. And relaxed nervous systems build durable relationships.

Three African countries forecast amongst the world’s 20 largest economies with a combined GDP of $30 trillion. Source: @GoldmanSachs #Nigeria #Egypt #Ethiopia The most astonishing growth is Ethiopia. Its GDP, which was only $8.6 billion at the beginning of this century, forecast to top $6.2 trillion. Two other African countries - #Southafrica and #Ghana - are included amongst the 34 largest economies. Every time I see this data, it reaffirms my confidence and keeps me optimistic about Africa’s future despite the challenges, which I have discussed previously in my speeches, media appearances and social media platforms.

My father told me recently, there are different types of people within his level at his office: One, those that don't care about their children or a legacy. Didn't build a home instead have rented for years but own expensive cars. They don't cater properly for their children.