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offspring.lifehacker.com October 15, 2018
I'm Vlogger Kristina Kuzmic, and This Is How I Parent

Here’s what Kristina Kuzmic knows: Perfection is boring. Parenthood is messy. We might as well embrace the chaos. In her funny and compassionate videos, the vlogging star—who has over 2 million Facebook fans—slams the notion that moms and dads should be loving every minute of raising kids.
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offspring.lifehacker.com October 9, 2018
Read These Redditors' Parenting Tricks That Backfired

The problem with manipulating your kids is that they’ll manipulate you back. And in an Ask Reddit thread, thousands of people shared stories of parental lessons that backfired. They all teach their own lessons, mostly that kids will surprise you every time.
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blogs.psychcentral.com October 14, 2018
The Dark Side of Being Raised by Permissive Parents

Were you raised with fewer rules and household responsibilities than many of your friends? Was there a lack of structure in your childhood home? Were you somewhat of a behavioral problem at home or school? Were you raised by parents who seemed more like friends than parents? Do you feel guilty for
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lifehack.org October 12, 2018
How to Cope with Empty Nest Syndrome and Stop Feeling Lonely

Empty Nest Syndrome is not a mental disorder or clinical diagnosis. Instead, it is a term used to characterize the real feelings of deep sadness, angst, and loneliness that parents can feel when all of their children are grown and leave home. It is a very real and sad experience for many parents.
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entrepreneur.com October 15, 2018
How Shopify, Hubspot, Oath and Peapod Supercharged Their Company Cultures This Past Year

For your brand to thrive, your people need to thrive. But not just financially: According to research by career marketplace Hired, company culture is the second-most important factor to job seekers in their decision-making process, following salary.
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sciencedaily.com October 12, 2018
How parenting affects antisocial behaviors in children

In a study of 227 identical twin pairs lead by Penn psychologist Rebecca Waller, the research team analyzed small differences in the parenting that each twin experienced to determine whether these differences predicted the likelihood of antisocial behaviors emerging.
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theglobeandmail.com October 15, 2018
Raptors broadcaster Jack Armstrong, father to three adopted sons, calls parenting ‘an amazing gift’

Kevin Armstrong likes to tell people he’s already won the lottery twice in his life. The first was being adopted. The second was being raised by Jack and Dena Armstrong. Jack Armstrong has been the voice of the Toronto Raptors for two decades.
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news.ycombinator.com December 3, 2017
Taking Children Seriously : Hacker News

But the "rules are bad" trope is, unfortunately, a trend in The Netherlands. Parents that live by this rule are sacrificing themselves. It's bad parenting. I see a lot of parents (mothers mostly) in public places desperately trying to explain their dissatisfaction to their misbehaving children.
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vox.com June 17, 2018
Most parenting advice is worthless. So here's some parenting advice.

I am the father of two boys, Griffin (14) and Huck (12). They are awesome: bright, curious, funny, and kindhearted. Like any parent, I would love to believe that my awesome kids are a result of my awesome parenting. Sadly, expert opinion indicates it ain't so. Genes have an enormous influence.
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artofmanliness.com April 3, 2017
The Origins of Overprotective Parenting

Back when I was six years old, the neighborhood I lived in provided the perfect backdrop for an active and idyllic childhood. Half a dozen other boys about my age lived on the same street I did and we quickly banded together to form a little neighborhood gang.
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inc.com June 30, 2016
Want Your Kids to Be Successful and Happy? Research Recommends This Parenting Style

When it comes to folk wisdom on how to raise happy and successful kids, we all do the same thing. We look at the families around us and try to identify what's working and what's not. Then we attempt to copy the good and avoid the bad.
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washingtonpost.com November 9, 2015
Why it’s good to have a strong-willed child, and why you should let up on them

“I will not cut my hair. Never. The answer is never, Mom, and the answer will always be never, so you should just stop asking me.” He said it without attitude, in a matter-of-fact way, as though he were simply reporting on the weather or time of day.
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lifehacker.com November 13, 2016
Parenting Showdown: “Let Kids Be Kids” vs. “Because I Said So.”

Whether or not you have kids, you probably have an opinion on parenting. Should moms and dads enforce rules strictly, whether their kids like it or not? Or is it more important to let kids enjoy themselves, even if that means bending the rules sometimes?
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theguardian.com January 16, 2018
The diabolical genius of the baby advice industry

Every baffled new parent goes searching for answers in baby manuals. But what they really offer is the reassuring fantasy that life’s most difficult questions have one right answer. By Human beings are born too soon.
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washingtonpost.com July 18, 2014
Are you raising nice kids? A Harvard psychologist gives 5 ways to raise them to be kind

Earlier this year, I wrote about teaching empathy, and whether you are a parent who does so. The idea behind it is from Richard Weissbourd, a Harvard psychologist with the graduate school of education, who runs the Making Caring Common project, aimed to help teach kids to be kind.
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lifehacker.com
10 Things to Stop Saying to Your Kids (and What to Say Instead)

Current research shows that some of the most commonly used and seemingly positive phrases we use with kids are actually quite destructive.
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salon.com June 4, 2014
The day I left my son in the car

The day it happened was no different from most; I was worried, and I was running late. I was worried because in a few hours’ time I was going to be enduring a two-and-a-half hour flight with my kids, ages 1 and 4.
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offspring.lifehacker.com November 8, 2017
What to Do When You and Your Partner Have Clashing Parenting Styles

Relationships are hard. Parenting is hard. Combine those two and you’re in for some bumps in the road large enough to rival those rutted rainforest paths that break your axle and pop your tires. No two people can agree on everything.
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faithit.com March 16, 2017
Dad Devises Genius “X-Plan” That Could Save Your Teen from a Dangerous Situation

X marks the spot! This Dad devised a genius plan that could save your teen from a dangerous situation. As a parent, we never stop worrying about our children. The day they’re born we count all 10 fingers and all 10 toes, and then we count them over again.
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bakadesuyo.com November 6, 2016
New Neuroscience Reveals 4 Rituals That Will Make You An Awesome Parent

Every parent asks it at some point: What is going on in my kid’s brain? And if you don’t understand kids it can be hard to give them what they need to thrive.
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theconversation.com September 25, 2014
‘Gentle parenting’ explainer: no rewards, no punishments, no misbehaving kids

In a piece in The Conversation, Bernadette Saunders described positive discipline. Parents who practise positive discipline or gentle parenting use neither rewards nor punishments to encourage their children to behave.
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nytimes.com April 11, 2014
Raising a Moral Child

What does it take to be a good parent? We know some of the tricks for teaching kids to become high achievers. For example, research suggests that when parents praise effort rather than ability, children develop a stronger work ethic and become more motivated.
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nytimes.com August 24, 2014
Raising Successful Children

PHRASES like “tiger mom” and “helicopter parent” have made their way into everyday language. But does overparenting hurt, or help?
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qz.com November 12, 2014
How baby boomers ruined parenting forever

About 25 years ago, when the era of irrational exuberance allowed enough disposable income for irrational anxiety, the concept of “helicopter parenting” arose. A “helicopter parent” micromanages every aspect of his child’s routine and behavior.
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washingtonpost.com October 16, 2015
Former Stanford dean explains why helicopter parenting is ruining a generation of children

Julie Lythcott-Haims noticed a disturbing trend during her decade as a dean of freshmen at Stanford University. Incoming students were brilliant and accomplished and virtually flawless, on paper. But with each year, more of them seemed incapable of taking care of themselves.
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nytimes.com October 12, 2014
A Cure for Hyper-Parenting

PARIS — I recently spent the afternoon with some Norwegians who are making a documentary about French child-rearing. Why would people in one of the world’s most successful countries care how anyone else raises kids?
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nytimes.com August 4, 2017
Motherhood Isn’t Sacrifice, It’s Selfishness

I was taking a few weeks’ break from work over the summer. My family and I — my husband and my sons, then 9 and 7 — planned to spend the time at our house on the New Jersey shore.
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salon.com July 4, 2016
Parenting as an expat: The Dutch taught me how to loosen up and give my kids some much-needed freedom

Parenting as an expat in the Netherlands means surrounding your own children with some of the most confident, self-possessed and happy children in the world.
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qz.com June 8, 2015
Harvard researchers have mapped the five child-rearing techniques you need to raise kind kids

Ask parents how important it is to instill kindness in their kids, and most will rank it high: even as their very top priority, according to Harvard researchers.
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theguardian.com July 30, 2016
Attachment parenting: the best way to raise a child – or maternal masochism?

It’s the increasingly fashionable approach, with an emphasis on baby-wearing, co-sleeping and long-term breastfeeding. But does it make for happier, better children? In a family home in picture-pretty Oxfordshire, four women and seven toddlers are, respectively, drinking tea and causing chaos.
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offspring.lifehacker.com August 25, 2017
It's Time to Admit That the "Family Day Out" Is Really Not That Fun

I would tell myself this every Saturday as I’d sit in the car with my husband and then-toddler, heading to whatever outing we had planned—the aquarium, local fair, or maybe a theme park.
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telegraph.co.uk August 21, 2016
When it comes to parenting, be a 'gardener’, not a 'carpenter’

If permission to stop parenting sounds like the solution to surviving the rest of the summer holidays, then Alison Gopnik is your saviour. The US psychology professor and grandmother of three thinks too much “parenting” risks ruining your relationship with your children.
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offspring.lifehacker.com January 22, 2018
Are All These Parenting Books Messing With Parents' Heads?

I have a massive stack of parenting books on my desk. Some of them tell me I’m doing an awesome job raising my kid (those books, I dog-ear and pet lovingly). Others tell me I’m screwing everything up, from bed time to screen time.
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nytimes.com April 24, 2015
Love and Merit

There are two great defining features of child-rearing today. First, children are now praised to an unprecedented degree. As Dorothy Parker once joked, American children aren’t raised; they are incited. They are given food, shelter and applause. That’s a thousand times more true today.
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theatlantic.com September 23, 2016
Abandon Parenting, and Just Be a Parent

In her new book, The Gardener and the Carpenter, Alison Gopnik offers up a more organic approach to raising children. Could a 4-year-old possess better instincts for scientific discovery than a college student?
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time.com
Millennial Parents Cover Story: This Generation Is Different

You can get unlimited access for only $2.99/month.
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businessinsider.com July 13, 2018
There are 4 styles of parenting, but one raises more successful kids than the rest, according to a psychotherapist

Raising kids in today's world is no easy task. From warnings about too much screen time and too many food additives, to the pressure to help your child succeed in school and on the sports field, parenting has become more challenging than ever.
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lifehacker.com
How to Keep Your Cool as a Parent

What parent hasn't lost their temper when a kid misbehaves? Of course a parent who hasn't lost their cool from time to time is a rarer than a unicorn, but losing your temper and yelling can be ineffective parenting. It's better for everyone if you keep your cool.
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slate.com July 26, 2016
Meet the Allens, the “Off-Grid” Family That Wants Your Support to Survive

The first thing the Allens, a British family of four, want you to know about them is that they are followers of something they call off-grid parenting.
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economist.com July 23, 2014
Why Swedish men take so much paternity leave

ALONG with its Nordic neighbours, Sweden features near the top of most gender-equality rankings. The World Economic Forum rates it as having one of the narrowest gender gaps in the world. But Sweden is not only a good place to be a woman: it also appears to be an idyll for new dads.
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washingtonpost.com December 7, 2016
When every moment of childhood can be recorded and shared, what happens to childhood?

The boys in the YouTube videos always land their bottles perfectly upright. Max Cole has spent hours studying their routine, and now, his own viewers are waiting: Empty half the blue juice. Hold the Powerade bottle by its cap. Flip it into the air and– Max, who is 6, waves his arms.
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businessinsider.com May 25, 2016
Science says parents of unsuccessful kids could have these 9 things in common

Developmental psychologist Diana Baumride found in the 1960s that there are basically three kinds of parenting styles: permissive, authoritarian, and authoritative. The ideal is authoritative— a parent who tries to direct the child rationally.
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nymag.com July 4, 2010
All Joy and No Fun

Why parents hate parenting. There was a day a few weeks ago when I found my 2½-year-old son sitting on our building doorstep, waiting for me to come home.
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nytimes.com October 27, 2017
A Childless Bystander’s Baffled Hymn

MODERN parenting confuses me. The vocabulary, for starters. Take the word “last.” Usually it means final. Last exit: there are none beyond it. Last rites: you’re toast.
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huffingtonpost.com July 17, 2013
Latest Parenting Trend: The CTFD Method

I know many people want to stay current with the latest parenting trends -- attachment parenting, minimalist parenting, Tiger Mother parenting, et al. Well, I've stumbled upon a new technique that will guarantee your child grows up to be an exemplary student and citizen.
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lifehacker.com
How to Stay Productive While Caring for a New Baby

When my wife and I became first-time parents recently, we made a decision to split up child-rearing responsibilities throughout the week.
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artofmanliness.com June 28, 2017
23 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do

Even though the modern world isn’t any more dangerous than it was thirty or forty years ago, it feels like a more perilous place.
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forbes.com September 18, 2017
13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don't Do

Raising mentally strong kids who are equipped to take on real-world challenges requires parents to give up the unhealthy — yet popular — parenting practices that are robbing kids of mental strength.
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psychologytoday.com March 8, 2012
Why French Kids Don't Have ADHD

In the United States, at least 9 percent of school-aged children have been diagnosed with ADHD, and are taking pharmaceutical medications. In France, the percentage of kids diagnosed and medicated for ADHD is less than .5 percent. How has the epidemic of ADHD—firmly established in the U.S.
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artofmanliness.com April 26, 2017
The 3 Keys to Balancing Safety and Risk in Raising Your Kids

In this series on overprotective parents, we’ve taken a nuanced look at the phenomenon’s origins, explored the question of whether the world is a more dangerous place now than it was several decades ago (it’s not), and delved into the risks that arise when we don’t allow children to do ri
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qz.com February 26, 2016
Being a good parent will physiologically destroy you, new research confirms

Kids with empathetic parents have well-documented advantages: less depression, less aggression, more empathy themselves. Parents also report better self-esteem when they make the effort to understand their children’s feelings. But inside, it’s tearing them up.
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well.blogs.nytimes.com March 14, 2016
Some Babies Are Just Easier Than Others

Dr. Perri Klass on family health. Welcome to Well Family, Well’s new home for news about parenting, child health and relationships plus advice from our experts to help every family live well.
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huffingtonpost.com May 7, 2013
Have American Parents Got It All Backwards?

The eager new mom offering her insouciant toddler an array of carefully-arranged healthy snacks from an ice cube tray? That was me.
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theatlantic.com April 11, 2018
Are Helicopter Parents Ruining a Generation?

“Initially, helicopter parenting appears to work,” says Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of How to Raise an Adult. “As a kid, you're kept safe, you're given direction, and you might get a better grade because the parent is arguing with the teacher.
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mostwatchedtoday.com
Hard-Hitting Nature Valley Ad Shows The Terrifying Side Of Kids Addicted To Technology

Nature Valley Canada recently sat down three generations of families and asked them one simple question, “What did you like to do for fun as a kid?” Take a moment to see how they responded, then grab your kids and go rediscover the joy of nature. [NatureValleyCanada] [H/T:Adweek / Mashable]
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fatherly.com November 1, 2016
Raising Responsible Kids With ‘Duct Tape Parenting’ Author Vickie Hoelfe

Helicopter parents have been hovering for decades now. And since the first rotors started whirring, parenting coach Vicki Hoefle has been explaining why it’s harmful. There are apparently better ways to raise resilient, independent human beings who will successfully move out of your house.
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ideas.ted.com July 15, 2014
How cultures around the world think about parenting

What can American parents learn from how other cultures look at parenting? A look at child-rearing ideas in Japan, Norway, Spain — and beyond.
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picklebums.com July 10, 2014
25 Alternatives to “Good Job”

Last week I shared some thoughts on praise and manipulation. In that post I shared some brutal truths about how I parent, and some ideas about how I would like to parent.
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bigthink.com August 31, 2015
Here's a helpful infographic on the many risks of helicopter parenting

Below you'll find a nifty infographic produced by the folks at Yellowbrick detailing the consequences of everyone's favorite irritating childrearing trend: helicopter parenting.
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huffingtonpost.ca May 2, 2017
Helicopter Parents Are Raising Unemployable Children

Helicopter parents are in the news a lot these days. These are the parents who can't stop hovering around their kids. They practically wrap them in bubble wrap, creating a cohort of young adults who struggle to function in their jobs and in their lives.
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nytimes.com August 24, 2016
Memo to Parents: Back Off, and Children Learn More

THE GARDENER AND THE CARPENTER What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children By Alison Gopnik 302 pp. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $26.
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lifehacker.com October 29, 2016
How to Get Rid of 'Mommy Guilt' (or Daddy Guilt) Once and For All

The moment your new baby comes into your arms, a whole new set of emotions rushes in—pride, joy, wonderment, fear, and, yes, guilt. Because everything you do or don't do as a guardian of this child is all your fault forevermore. That's what it feels like anyway, sometimes, as a parent.
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lifehacker.com July 12, 2018
How to Stay Calm and Not Yell at Your Kids (Even If You're Really Mad)

Ever tried to control your reaction when you were really, really mad? Having good intentions is one thing—reality is quite another. You can think all you want that the next time your kids provoke you, you will not react angrily no matter how mad you are.
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lifehacker.com October 29, 2016
Correct a Child's Behavior Without Punishment By Focusing on These Three Things

Many parents dole out punishment when their children do something bad, but Alan Kazdin, director of the Yale Parenting Center, says that even gentle punishments like time outs don’t work.
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lifehacker.com November 16, 2017
25 Popular Parenting Life Hacks Put to the Test

Raising children is a lot of work, so who can blame parents that look for tips and tricks to make it all a little easier? Sadly, not all life hacks are as useful as they seem. Here’s what happens when 25 of the most popular parenting hacks are attempted.
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treehugger.com December 16, 2016
Video compares European and American parenting styles

One culture focuses on 'raising' kids, the other on protecting them. The video depicts the freedom given by European parents to their kids — letting them play outside unattended, riding their bikes to school, leaving babies outside to sleep, even on city streets.
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thecut.com October 20, 2016
Yes, There’s a Right Way to Discipline Your Kids

While there isn’t an instruction manual for dealing with teens (or kids or toddlers) when they do something wrong — as they’re wired to do — there is a decades-old body of research on the subject.
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magicalchildhood.wordpress.com August 31, 2010
What Should a 4 Year Old Know?

That every child learns to walk, talk, read and do algebra at his own pace and that it will have no bearing on how well he walks, talks, reads or does algebra. That the single biggest predictor of high academic achievement and high ACT scores is reading to children.
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qz.com October 16, 2016
This is what work-life balance looks like at a company with 100% retention of moms

When Phil Graves, a father of three young girls, worked for Deloitte, his days looked a lot like those of many working professionals. He left before the kids were up to commute to work in San Francisco.
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telegraph.co.uk February 13, 2014
Have Sweden’s permissive parents given birth to a generation of monsters?

My five-year-old is extravagantly furious at being thwarted. I have infringed her human rights by mildly suggesting that she turn off the television and put some clothes on. To which I reply, swift as Lady Macbeth’s dagger, “I never was your friend in the first place, darling.
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telegraph.co.uk February 16, 2008
Idle parenting means happy children

An unhealthy dose of the work ethic is threatening to wreck childhood. Under a tyrannical work-obsessed government, years that should be devoted to play and joyful learning are being stifled by targets and tests.
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theatlantic.com April 3, 2018
'Free-Range' Parenting's Unfair Double Standard

Every few decades, a new idea emerges about the “right” way to raise children. The 1990s saw the rise of the helicopter parent, those anxious middle- and upper-middle-class mothers and fathers who hover, imagining the worst-case scenario.
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lifehacker.com
Top 10 Parenting Hacks

Parenting: possibly the toughest job in the world with no right way to do it. Nevertheless, through years of making babies we, as a society, have figured out a few tips and tricks. Here are our 10 best parenting hacks.
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lifehacker.com
End Your Kids' Nagging and Negotiating with Three Simple Words

When kids want something, they'll ask..and ask...and ask until you cave in. You can teach them to unlearn this annoying negotiation tactic by saying just three words: "Asked and Answered." The concept is simple.
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theguardian.com March 26, 2016
Stop fetishising parenting - you’re sucking all the joy out of it!

‘I think my child has been breastfed by another woman,” my friend Jennifer announces out of the blue in the middle of our kids’ play-date. Even for California, where we live, this is mind-bogglingly weird. For a start, Jennifer’s daughter Alice is two and a half.
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inc.com October 7, 2016
Everything Science Has Recently Learned About Raising Happy, Successful Kids

Being a parent is an experience as old as the human race. Being a parent in a plugged-in world of intensifying work-life pressures, increasing economic and political uncertainty, and endless "mommy wars"? That's a whole different story.
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cracked.com April 12, 2014
5 Problems You Can't Blame on How You Were Raised

When my parents were raising me, there was one parenting style: Keep Your Child Alive. That was it.
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washingtonpost.com August 12, 2016
Sharpen your parenting skills with ‘What Great Parents Do’

Looking for advice on parenting but don’t want to wade through reams of studies? A new book offers help. In “What Great Parents Do: 75 Simple Strategies for Raising Kids Who Thrive,” Erica Reischer offers practical tips in an easy-to-read format.
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theatlantic.com October 11, 2012
The Real Problem With Helicopter Parents: There Aren't Enough of Them

Mocking obsessive parents is fun. But their excesses are small compared to the parenting failures in so many homes. Mocking obsessive parents is fun. But their excesses are small compared to the parenting failures in so many homes.
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vox.com January 25, 2016
The truth about parenting: older kids are much more rewarding than babies

Not long before my wife and I had our first child, we had dinner with another married couple — both writers — who at the time had a toddler of their own. I asked them for some advice. Instead, they gave me a caution. "Don't write about your kid," they said.
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businessinsider.com October 10, 2015
26 scientific ways your childhood influences your success as an adult

Of course, no one can say for sure how to ensure that a happy child will be a successful adult. Nevertheless, psychological research has highlighted several childhood experiences that could have a resounding influence on our adult lives.
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artofmanliness.com April 21, 2017
The Risks of NOT Letting Your Kids Do Risky Things

In the last installment of this series on the causes and effects of the modern trend towards overprotective parenting, we explored the evidence behind the biggest reason parents give for adopting this approach and abandoning the more “free range” method they were reared with themselves: that
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businessinsider.com September 6, 2017
A top psychologist shares his 3-step method parents can take to discipline their kids

Parents face no shortage of things to get frustrated about when it comes to their kids' behavior, from fussy eating habits and too much screen time to teeth brushing and belabored bedtimes. Ross Greene wants to make life easier.
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slate.com December 2, 2013
Why Millennials Can’t Grow Up

Amy (not her real name) sat in my office and wiped her streaming tears on her sleeve, refusing the scratchy tissues I’d offered. “I’m thinking about just applying for a Ph.D. program after I graduate because I have no idea what I want to do.
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huffingtonpost.com April 13, 2016
Helicopter Parenting Has Given Birth To A Generation of Entitled Victims

Overparenting is widely recognized as a problematic approach to raising kids. For nearly a decade, studies have shown how the rise of the "helicopter parent" has been worsening children's anxiety and school performance in the K-12 years.
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slate.com March 16, 2018
Parenting Doesn’t Matter

Here’s one way I might have screwed up my infant daughter: I let her go way too long without giving her solid food. At a four-month checkup, our pediatrician suggested it was time to change her diet. “You could even try a piece of steak,” she said. This seemed a little much.
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nytimes.com April 22, 2018
How Harvey Karp Turned Baby Sleep Into Big Business

Harvey Karp, the pediatrician, parenting expert and inventor-slash-entrepreneur, cuts an unimposing figure. Lean and agile, with wispy dark hair, blue-rimmed glasses and a bounce in his step, Karp hugs like the Angeleno he has become and deadpans like the New Yorker he once was.
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theatlantic.com April 15, 2013
Before I Forget: What Nobody Remembers About New Motherhood

Early one morning when my daughter Rosie was a few weeks old, I packed her up in a baby carrier and took her to the drugstore, which felt at the time like an ambitious outing. It had been a rough night, and she was now happily sleeping off her bender.
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1843magazine.com July 13, 2017
High-pressure parenting

In 1997, a few months into my first year at university, I was seized by the conviction that I had made a terrible mistake.
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theweek.com November 22, 2016
The science of good parenting

Every parent asks it at some point: What is going on in my kid's brain? And if you don't understand kids it can be hard to give them what they need to thrive. Lately the trend has been helicopter parenting and trying to get them ready as soon as possible for an increasingly competitive world.
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kqed.org June 9, 2015
What Overparenting Looks Like From a Stanford Dean's Perspective

Did the safety-conscious, academic achievement-focused, self-esteem-promoting, checklisted childhood that has been commonplace since the mid-1980s and in many communities has become the norm, rob kids of the chance to develop into healthy adults? What will become of young adults who look accomplish
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lifehacker.com August 24, 2018
Why You Shouldn't Worry So Much About Being a 'Perfect' Mother

Even armed with a Ph.D. in developmental psychology, I remember the frightening first moments after bringing my newborn daughter home from the hospital. I wasn’t sure what to do–and not at all confident that I was capable of being the parent she needed me to be.
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