Teach Kids About Fairness vs Equity With the Band-Aid Lesson
by Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Me from Lifehacker on (#57RNV)

Kids have a tendency to think that fair" means equal." An older sibling having a later bedtime isn't fair; one child having a rough day and receiving special one-on-one time with a parent isn't fair. But there's a trick elementary teachers use to teach kids the difference between fairness and equity, and it's one...