Peter Davidson, Beta News Children are figuring out how to use the internet at a much younger age than in the past. Kids 1 or 2 years old are exposed to computer devices to help distract them. They quickly learn […]
Despite the care they may receive from their adopted families, many students have lower academic performance and diagnosed disabilities. Ruth Graham, The Atlantic There is something temptingly tidy about the idea of adoption: A family with extra love and […]
Stephan Feller, UPI Online and in-person group education both help parents reduce skipped breakfasts for themselves and their children, researchers found in a study. The study evaluated methods of educating mothers who participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for […]
Kelly Wallace, CNN After the San Bernardino, California, attack, my Facebook news feed was filled with post after post from parents anxious about yet another mass shooting and worried about their own safety and that of their children. I can […]
Margie Warrell, Huffington Post The measure of our success as a parent is not how much they win at sport or excel at school. It’s how well we set them up to thrive in the bigger game of life. Doing […]
Heather Landy, Quartz Money often does strange things to us—kids included. Many parents have observed that their children may be changed by an allowance, for example, or even just an intense game of Monopoly. And now science bears this out. […]
Jenny Anderson, Quartz Research shows that resilience, or the ability to recover from adversity, is critical. It is a stronger predictor of graduating from high school, reaching the final rounds of the National Spelling Bee, and remaining in the US […]
Kelly Dinardo, New York Times The comedian Jim Gaffigan shares a two-bedroom apartment in New York City with his wife, Jeannie, and five children. If that sounds like the start of a joke, it’s because his TV Land comedy series, […]
Zoe Williams, The Guardian People who don’t have children often allude to, or openly voice, the idea that other people – society, the world, their parents – think they’re selfish. Apparently this view does exist, as illustrated by the story […]
Donna Gorman, Time …at least in the long term, say studies Years ago, in preschool, a teacher sent my youngest child, Ainsley, to sit by herself until she was ready to talk about something she’d done wrong. She sat through […]
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