Don’t Beat Yourself Up for Not Being the Perfect Parent
Many parents think they should be providing kids with huge quantities of child-focused time. Here are 3 things that kids really need from parents.
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Care for Breastfeeding Women
Find information on managing breastfeeding patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
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When Children Aren’t Like Their Parents
Are kids like their parents? I wasn’t. I used to feel like a foreigner in my family. And then I had my son and started to understand the power of nature versus nurture.
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When the Best Protection Is Connection
Parenting teens is hard work, but a shift of mindset from protection to connection can lay the groundwork for a rewarding new phase of your relationship.
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The Mental Health Consequences of Parental Overindulgence
Does it really matter if parents overindulge their children? Yes, according to research suggesting that childhood overindulgence is linked to depression, anxiety, and problematic alcohol use in young adults.
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Moderating Kids’ Time Online Now That Screens Are Here to Stay
Are you struggling to get your child off screens? Missing their smiling faces? This post will help you get more control of the screen time in your home.
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Adolescence and Pushing Parents for Freedom to Grow
The management of freedom can be frustrating when it is denied—when the teenager can’t do what she or he wants, and when parents can’t get what they want.
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How to Make Family Outings More Fun
It’s tough to build happy family memories when confronted with eye rolls and loud sighs of “I’m bored!” Here are three tips for making outings better for the whole family.
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Five Reasons to Share Your Mental Health Struggles
Now, more than ever, we need to help people—and particularly young adults—who are struggling with mental health challenges. This will require training more mental health care practitioners and reimagining ways that schools and workplaces can buffer stress rather than promote it. […]
6 Surprising Findings About Temper Tantrums
Struggling to understand a child’s temper tantrums? These research findings may offer some helpful insight.
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