Back to School and Back to Screens
Back to school means back to even more screen time. A few intentional actions can empower your child as they learn to self regulate and self sooth in their tech drenched reality.
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One of You Cheated, What Should You Tell the Kids?
With infidelity, letting your kids know at least a little bit about what’s happening is not optional; it’s a necessity of good parenting. But what should you say?
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Why is Child-Rearing Advice So Contradictory?
There is a wealth of so-called expert advice about how to raise children. The trouble is, a lot of that advice is contradictory.
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Strong Student-Adult Relationships Can Lower Suicide Attempts in High School
High schools where students are more connected to peers and where several students share strong relationships with the same adults, have lower rates of suicide attempts, according to a new study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and […]
How Adults Deal With Success & Failure Can Help Foster Kids’ Persistence
A new study explores ways in which parents and educators can help foster persistence in children before they begin formal schooling. Researchers looked at the interactions of preschool-age children with adults to determine how they affected the […]
Parent Burnout Not Good for Parent or Child
For most people, the term “burnout” is associated with a job or career, but new research now suggests individuals can become burnt out when the daily stress of parenting becomes chronic. The burnout results in an intense exhaustion that leads parents […]
The Teenage Brain: Risky or Ready to Learn?
Parenting teenagers isn’t always easy, but how do we make sure that our parenting strategies don’t rob teenagers of the practice their brains so desperately need?
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5 Challenges of Childhood
Ever wonder why being a child is (sometimes) so hard?
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Is Social Media Toxic to Your Teen’s Mental Health?
New research finds that social media hurts our teenagers’ mental health, but another recent study disagrees. How do we reconcile research that contradicts?
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Understanding Why Play Is So Important For Children
Why is play so important for children? Animal and human research show both the “hows and whys” of this question.
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