brainpickings.org September 9, 2019

On Children: Poignant Parenting Advice from Kahlil Gibran

In the final years of his long life, which encompassed world wars and assassinations and numerous terrors, the great cellist and human rights advocate Pablo Casals urged humanity to “make this world worthy of its children.

slate.com September 13, 2019

I Don’t Want Dead Aunt Mildred’s Pet Parakeet

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. My Aunt Mildred has just passed. She was in her late 80s, it was in her sleep, we’re all at peace about it.

huffpost.com September 11, 2019

Twitter Users Mock Trump's Parenting Skills After He Says Melania 'Has A Son'

"She's got a son," President Trump told reporters of his wife, Melania, apparently before remembering that he is the other parent. Alex Wong via Getty Images Donald Trump may be so focused on making America great again that he forgot he’s a dad.

slate.com September 14, 2019

How to Get Your Kid to Tell You What Happened at School Today

On a recent episode of How To, Charles Duhigg brought a listener’s (and his own) parenting anxieties to Wendy Mogel, a clinical psychologist and the New York Times bestselling author of The Blessing of a Skinned Knee.

slate.com September 11, 2019

I’m Worried My Friend’s Son Is a Psychopath

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. A very good friend of mine has two sons, Dan, 7, and Max, 4. They are both very poorly behaved.

slate.com September 12, 2019

“No, Mommy! Don’t Go!”

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. In addition to our traditional advice, every Thursday we feature an assortment of teachers from across the country answering your education questions. Have a question for our teachers? Email askateacher@slate.

slate.com September 10, 2019

Our Teenager Texts Her Boyfriend That We Don’t Care About Her

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. We have a very smart, creative 13-year-old daughter.

lifehack.org September 12, 2019

13 Things Your Mother Wants You To Learn From Her

Parenting is never an easy job. Parents always try their best to raise their child and hope their child will take their advice to be a good and successful person. Noor Al-Hajri shared on Quora what advice her mother gave her, which is probably what every mother wants her children to know about.

slate.com September 9, 2019

My Son Keeps Calling Me to Pick Him Up From Sleepovers

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Email careandfeeding@slate.com or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. My 8-year-old son invariably needs to come home from sleepovers in the middle of the night.

businessinsider.com September 12, 2019

6 problematic things parents do that can make their children insecure, withdrawn, drug-dependent, or otherwise worse off as they grow up

For better or worse, how your parents behaved when you grew up has had — and likely will have — a lasting impact on who you are today. Clinical and research psychologists have studied how adults suffer from parenting for decades.