Is the move to using tech impacting creativity in our children? In our efforts to be perfect are we getting so rigid and structured that creativity goes by the wayside? Kyung Hee Kim, a professor of creativity and innovation at the College of William & Mary, has conducted extensive research indicating a significant decline in creativity among school-aged children in the United States since the early 1990s.  Her analysis of over 300,000 creativity test scores—primarily from the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT)—reveals that children have become less emotionally expressive, less imaginative, less humorous, and less capable of elaborating on ideas. The most pronounced drops … [Read more...]