Be prepared! The world has been changing exponentially and will continue to do so. Will you keep up? Are we preparing our children? This video demonstrates the dramatic change in demographics and how the growth in technology and information will impact us now and in the future.

With young kids in the house, how can busy families find time for giving back? In this weeks lab, brought to you by Charitywater.org, the guys discuss some possible methods for teaching charity and community service. What’s the best way to teach philanthropy?

Johnny Lee demos his amazing Wii Remote hacks, one of which recreates the functionality of a digital whiteboard, a powerful yet expensive educational tool. Lee’s implementation offers “80% of the functionality for 1% of the cost.” He then demonstrates a head-tracking method for creating a fake 3-D effect from a regular TV. Also check out [...]

If you are the parent of a teenager, you know how difficult it can be to get them to communicate. Parents.TV gives advice on how you can connect with your teenager by participating in their favorite sport or activity.

This hidden camera experiment conducted by a children’s center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, shows a significant difference between the way rich and poor children are treated when left alone. The end text reads, “Why are some children our problem and some aren’t?”

A look at Children’s Art Day and how it encourages all children to be more artistic.

From their recent pyrotechnic adaption of The Odyssey to a class on caboose restoration, Oakland, CA’s The Crucible is an art school like no other. This episode is an inside look at the eight-year old institution, hosted by founder and executive director Michael Sturtz, who weighs in on the role of fire metaphorically and literally. [...]