Discuss the pros and cons of punishment, and describe the most effective method for disciplining a child.
Discuss the problems of obese children in middle childhood. Why do you think obesity in children is bigger in the U.S. than in other countries? What can we do as a society to lower the obesity rate in American children, especially during the holiday seasons? Just name one intervention possibility.
Discuss Vygotsky's views regarding the influence of the sociocultural context on learning during middle childhood.