Make Sure Your Child is Bored
Steven Jobs and Lin-Manuel Miranda make a strong case for not worrying so much when your child says, “I have nothing to do.” Why being bored is a good thing and what it sparks.
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Are You Wrongly Labeling Your Child?
How incorrect you can be about friends’ or your own children when calling them shy or lonely or selfish…
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Now They See Them, Then They Don’t: Imaginary Companions
What parents need to know about children’s make-believe pals and the many roles they play.
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How to Turn Children of Any Age into Readers
Parents can combat the many distractions that keep your child from reading. 100s of proven ways to raise a reader, be she a toddler or reluctant teen.
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Why It’s Okay—Even Wise—to Let Your Child Quit
Rarely does a parent want a son or daughter to quit a pursuit. But, the decision-making process matters more than persistence and grit. Here’s why.
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Are You Raising Your Son with Old-School Thinking?
What you need to know to raise a boy today. It’s probably not the way the men you know were raised. 9 ways to change or adjust outdated parenting approaches.
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Can You Handle Your Children’s 3,351 Conflicts?
Most see siblings as positive additions to a family and are shocked by the number of sibling clashes. Ignoring them can negatively impact child development.
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10 Ways to Be a Happier Mother
Being a less stressed, exhausted mother is within reach. Here’s how to rewire your brain to recognize triggers, ditch perfection and find joy—a gift to you and your children.
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What Does It Take to Teach #MeToo to Boys?
More than a movement, #MeToo is a powerful entry point for discussing key principles with young and adolescent boys. Here are 14 lessons for your sons.
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13 Parent Assists to Help Children Become Tech Savvy Users
From phone addiction to Fortnite, how parents can raise wise tech users and prevent them from making serious digital missteps.
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