--- description: Read and write with your kids, could we engineer the atmosphere to prevent future hurricanes and more. title: Read and Write With Your Kids image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Five Best Ideas](/tag/five-best-ideas/) ## Five Best Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read and Write With Your Kids by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 11, 2017 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 11, 2017 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**Read and write with your kids. It pays long-term dividends.**](https://www.washington.edu/news/2017/08/28/how-reading-and-writing-with-your-child-boost-more-than-just-literacy/ "undefined") By Kim Eckart at the _University of Washington_ **2\.** [**Could we engineer the atmosphere to prevent future hurricanes?**](https://futurism.com/injecting-gases-into-the-stratosphere-could-reduce-hurricanes/ "undefined") By Jolene Creighton in _Futurism_ **3\.** [**Do big data companies have too much power?**](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/08/why-do-big-hacks-happen-blame-big-data "undefined") By Jathan Sadowski in the _Guardian_ **4\.** [**We’re going to need more lithium.**](https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-lithium-battery-future/ "undefined") By Jessica Shankleman, Tom Biesheuvel, Joe Ryan, and Dave Merrill at _Bloomberg Businessweek_ **5\.** [**Video games could strengthen aging brains.**](https://www.wired.com/story/could-a-videogame-strengthen-your-aging-brain/ "undefined") By Anna Vlasits in _Wired_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4935820/read-and-write-with-your-kids/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4935820/read-and-write-with-your-kids/"},"headline":"Read and Write With Your Kids","datePublished":"2017-09-11T16:00:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:30.931Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4935820/read-and-write-with-your-kids/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Innovation","Video Games","reading","Hurricanes"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4935820/read-and-write-with-your-kids/","name":"Read and Write With Your Kids"}}]}] ```