The Professional Women Who Are Leaning Out
The Atlantic · 9 minTo be a working mother during a global pandemic is to be constantly torn between your kids and your clients.
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Want to Raise Successful Kids? Jeff Bezos Says Practice This Simple Habit. (Science Backs It Up)
Inc. Magazine · 3 minIf you've been trained to do the opposite, you're not alone.
How to Handle an Anxious Kid
Slate · 11 minIf your child worries about everything, you can help—by first looking at yourself.
I help people decide if they want to have kids. Here’s my advice.
Vox · 9 minA parenthood clarity therapist explains how she helps fence sitters make one of the most important decisions of their lives.
The Joys and Perils of Having Children Late
humanparts.medium.com · 4 minYou’re older and more mature. But your parents are just older.
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9 Pieces of Advice to Help You See Relationships More Clearly
The Atlantic · 3 minFor this month’s look-back at “Dear Therapist” columns, I’ve decided to turn not to a specific theme, but to a handful of columns that have been reader favorites over the years. Rereading them, I understand why.
Why parents should stop blaming themselves for how their kids turn out
TED · 7 minTrying to predict how a child will turn out based on choices made by their parents is like trying to predict a hurricane from the flap of a butterfly’s wings.
Kids Who Do Chores Become More Successful Adults. (Here's How to Teach Them)
Inc. Magazine · 4 minWant to raise successful kids? Make them do chores. The science backs you up, and it's the kind of technique I cover in my free e-book How to Raise Successful Kids, which you can download here. Now, it turns out there's a fairly simple way to get them to cooperate.
I Really Want to Be a Stay-at-Home Dad
Slate · 12 minCare 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. When my wife and I had our first daughter, we knew one of us would be a stay-at-home parent.
Is the Western way of raising kids weird?
BBC · 9 minFrom sleeping in separate beds to their children to transporting them in prams, Western parents have some unusual ideas about how to raise them.
Advice My Parents Gave Me Versus Advice I Will Give My Kids
The New Yorker · 3 minAdvice My Parents Gave Me: Go to college and major in what you love. Advice I Will Give My Kids: Go to college only if you’ll major in science, engineering, or money.
NYC school encourages kids to stop using words like ‘mom,’ ‘dad’ in ‘inclusive language’ guide
New York Post · 2 minA Manhattan private school aiming to use more “inclusive language” is encouraging its students to stop using the terms “mom,” “dad” and “parents” because the words make “assumptions” about kids’ home lives.
My Teen’s Intense School Anxiety Is Ruining Our Family’s Life
Slate · 12 minCare 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 16-year-old daughter is horrendously anxious about school and test-taking.
How to Change Your Attachment Style and Your Relationships
Psychology Today · 8 minWe’re wired for attachment – it's why babies cry when separated from their mothers. Depending especially upon our mother’s behavior, as well as later experiences and other factors, we develop a style of attaching that affects our behavior in close relationships.
12 Pieces of Advice for Better Parenting
The Atlantic · 3 minFor this month’s “Dear Therapist” roundup, I’ve gathered together a set of columns on one of the topics Lori covers often: parenthood. Parents write to Lori frequently.
How Children Read Differently From Books vs. Screens
The New York Times · 7 minScrolling may work for social media, but experts say that for school assignments, kids learn better if they slow down their reading. In this pandemic year, parents have been watching — often anxiously — their children’s increasing reliance on screens for every aspect of their education.
Can I Tell My Kid Her Dad Won’t Pay Child Support?
Slate · 15 minCare 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 Husband Purposely Sabotaged Us With “Baby Shark”
Slate · 15 minCare 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 husband introduced our child to “Baby Shark” against my express wishes, and now he’s obsessed.
My Husband Won’t Let Me Teach Our Baby My Native Language
Slate · 14 minCare 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. I grew up in Ireland, where we weren’t allowed to speak our language or participate in our culture in any way by English law.
My Best Friend Refuses to Be My Kid’s Designated Guardian
Slate · 14 minCare 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. I’m a single mom of an amazing 6-year-old boy.
I’m Devastated My Daughter Secretly Contacted Her Birth Mother
Slate · 12 minCare 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. Last week my 17-year-old was showing me something on her phone when I noticed a text from “B.M.
My In-Laws Keep Bringing Their Sick Kids Into My House
Slate · 11 minCare 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 husband and I have a 1.5-year-old daughter and a second baby who just arrived this week.
My Mother-in-Law Dresses My Daughter Like a Doll and Stages Creepy Photo Shoots
Slate · 11 minOur advice columnists have heard it all over the years. Each Sunday, we will be diving into the Dear Prudie archives and sharing a selection of classic letters with our readers. My mother-in-law has always doted on our 3-year-old daughter.
Your Kids Aren’t Too Old for Picture Books, and Neither Are You
The New York Times · 6 minThese are the real wizards of the literary world. Ms. Paul is the editor of the Book Review and the author of several books, including “How to Raise a Reader.” Her first picture book, “Rectangle Time,” with illustrations by Becky Cameron, is out this month.