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Phrases To Use With Your Teen That Will Transform Your Relationship | HuffPost Life
Plus, which phrases to avoid.
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That Cute Baby Photo You Posted On Instagram Has Consequences | HuffPost UK Parents
Kids often have digital footprints even before they’re born, and their parents are to blame.
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It’s Time to Expand How We Discuss Egg Freezing
Mainstreaming the discussion around egg freezing seems like a win for everyone. But that normalization can cost patients a fuller, more nuanced picture of what they can expect.
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First-time parents over 35 are more common, but is health care keeping up?
A growing share of people are getting pregnant in their late 20s, 30s and even 40s. But it’s unclear whether the United States is prepared — medically or socially — to care for older first-time parents.
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Helping families deal with school avoidance: 3 questions for Naomi Fisher
The clinical psychologist is helping families think about how best to help children learn.
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13 Reasons Why Your Child Doesn’t Listen | Psychology Today United Kingdom
And what to do about each one.
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More than 20% of teens have seriously considered suicide. Psychologists and communities can help tackle the problem
Reports show increasing rates of suicide, with youth of color and LGBTQ youth most affected—all against a backdrop of teens reporting high levels of hopelessness, sadness, loneliness, and suicidal ideation.
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“My Daughter’s Murder Wasn’t Enough”: A Uvalde Mother Fights Back
One year ago, before the school shooting in Uvalde, Kimberly Mata-Rubio had never been on a plane or given a public speech or scolded a U.S. senator right there in his office. A year in the life of a grieving mother.
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The Secrets and the Emotional Cost of the Adoption Industry | The New Yorker
Adoptees reckon with corruption in orphanages, hidden birth certificates, and the urge to search for their birth parents.
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I talked to 70 parents who raised highly successful adults—here's the 'rare' skill they all taught their kids
Parenting expert and author Margot Bisnow, who is a mother to two entrepreneurial sons, interviewed 70 families who raised confident and successful kids. Here's the "rare" skill they all taught their kids at an early age.
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Pandemic may have altered some personalities to be more neurotic, less agreeable
The pandemic may have altered adults' personalities, making them somewhat less extroverted, open, agreeable and conscientious, a study found.
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The Best Ages for Kids to Learn to Read, Speak New Languages, and Other Skills
Parenting a new human means making sure they have all the skills they need to thrive. But that can be a stressful proposition—not least because of all the conflicting advice out there.
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Want to Raise Successful Boys? Science Says Do This (but Their Schools Probably Won’t)
Students—especially boys—need hours of physical activity every day and they aren’t getting enough.
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The SAT Isn’t What’s Unfair - The Atlantic
MIT brings back a test that, despite its reputation, helps low-income students in an inequitable society.
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The Age of the Unique Baby Name - The Atlantic
Parents used to want kids to fit in. Now they want them to stand out.
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Does Having Kids Make You Happy? - The Atlantic
Research has found that having children is terrible for quality of life—but the truth about what parenthood means for happiness is a lot more complicated.
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Adopting a Baby Is Harder Than Ever - The Atlantic
At a glance, America’s shortage of adoptable babies may seem like a problem. But is adoption meant to provide babies for families, or families for babies?
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6 Psychologically Damaging Things Parents Say To Their Kids Without Realizing It | HuffPost Life
Erase these common phrases from your parenting vocabulary.
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The Promise and Peril of a High-Priced Sleep Trainer | The New Yorker
Open Instagram and behold the perfect, zonked-out babies, lulled to sleep by methods designed by expensive coaches.
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Rates Of Postnatal Depression Among New Mothers Rose Sharply During Lockdown – Research Digest
By Emily Reynolds. Study of London-based mothers finds rates of postnatal depression were twice European average during lockdown.
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How to keep your kids educated at home during lockdown | WIRED UK
We've collected together the best products and resources to keep your children educated and exercised without having to leave the house
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Parents Have More Synchronised Patterns Of Brain Activity When They’re Together – Research Digest
By Emily Reynolds. Couples who listened to sounds together showed more similar activity in brain areas involved in attention than those who were apart.
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Children Can “Catch” Their Mother’s Stress — Particularly If She Tries To Hide It – Research Digest
By Emily Reynolds. Researchers found "contagion" of physiological stress response from mother to child.
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8 Proven Techniques for Parents to Prioritize Their Mental Health During the Pandemic
Parenting experts and influencers share how they are managing stress and anxiety throughout COVID-19.
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Social Media Isn’t Actually Creating Anxiety Or Depression In Teens
An eight-year study conducted by Brigham Young University found that the amount of time spent on social media is not directly increasing anxiety or depression in teenagers.
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How babies integrate new events into their knowledge -- ScienceDaily
Babies seek to understand the world around them and learn many new things every day. Unexpected events -- for example when a ball falls through a table -- provide researchers with the unique opportunity to understand infants' learning processes. What happ
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8 Proven Techniques for Parents to Prioritize Their Mental Health During the Pandemic
Parenting experts and influencers share how they are managing stress and anxiety throughout COVID-19.
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Long Periods Of Stress Can Alter Sperm, Impact Brain Development Of Baby - Study Finds
Researchers say a recent study shows a biological mechanism that allows stress to alter sperm and impact the brain development of the next generation.
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NIMH » Large-Scale Genetics Study Sheds Light on Developmental Origins of Autism
Researchers were able to identify different types of rare genetic variations associated with autism spectrum disorder by analyzing data shared via the NIMH-funded Autism Sequencing Consortium.
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How About Some Good News? Coronavirus Can't Be Passed From Mom To Newborn, Study Finds
Chinese researchers believe that the novel coronavirus is not transferrable from pregnant mothers to newborns at birth, a new study finds.
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During Adolescence, The Brain 'Rewires' To Prepare For Adulthood
Researchers say that new brain networks "come online" during adolescence, and these fresh connections being made between different parts of the brain help teens cultivate the social skills they need for navigating the world of adulthood.
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Biological WiFi: Baby & Adult Brains 'Sync Up' While Playing Together - Study Finds
A new study conducted at Princeton University's baby lab has found that infants and adults often share the same brain wavelengths during natural play.
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Children Involved In Organized Sports Less Likely To Have Emotional Difficulties - Study Finds
Children who play organized sports starting at a young age are less likely to deal with emotional issues or difficulties by the age of 12.
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Study: Battling Stress At A Young Age May Actually Extend Lifespan
Stress is hardly considered a good thing, but a surprising new study finds that experiencing adversity early on in life may just extend one's lifespan.
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ADHD Help for Kids: Try Omega-3 Fish Oil
A new international study finds that omega-3 fish oil can actually treat ADHD symptoms in certain children just as much as leading ADHD medications.
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In the Age of Media Here's How to Teach Girls Self-Worth
Michelle Cove, MEDIAGIRLS founder, shares her tips on how to promote self worth, teach young women confidence, and reframe negativity on social media.
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Teens Bonds with Parents Impact How "Fast" They "Grow Up"
Whereas many parents recall rebelling as teens and plotting ways to distance themselves from their parents — including getting their driver’s license and moving out of the house — that desire for independence seems to have waned.
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Increase in Glasses for Teens Linked to Screen Time
A new study is warning parents that all that screen time may be behind a stunning rise in children who need prescription glasses.
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How Limitations Can Stir Pre-schoolers Interests
If you want your kids to eat healthier, offer them less healthy food.
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Teens who Can Name Their Negative Emotions Feel Better
Posts about Mental health written by BPS Research Digest
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High Schoolers Who View Intelligence as Fixed Are More Stressed
An interesting study conducted at The University of Texas has found that high school students' views on learning and intelligence can make all the difference when it comes to fighting academic stress.
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How Mom's Can Model Positive Self-Image to Their Daughters
Women who denigrate their own looks unwittingly pass negative attitudes on to the next generation of girls.
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Technology is Distracting Parents from Connecting. Time to Unplug!
“Technoference” and how screens are disrupting parents’ most important relationship.
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Playing Pokémon Extensively In Childhood Actually Changes the Brain
By Emma Young. As well as being fascinating, the study has important practical implications.
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Kids who get a half-hour of sunshine daily have significantly lower risk of IBD later in life
Here's another reason to get your kids outside every day: a new study finds that children who spend at least a half-hour a day in the sunshine have a significantly reduced risk for developing either inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) later in life.
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Having 'Cold,' Unsupportive Mother Linked To Premature Aging, Increased Disease Risk - Study Finds
People who were raised by emotionally-closed or unsupportive mothers are more prone to premature aging and disease later in life, a new study finds.
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Anxiety in preschoolers needs its own kind of therapy | Science News
Researchers are seeking ways to break the link between preschool worries and adult anxiety.
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NIMH » Release of “13 Reasons Why” Associated with Increase in Youth Suicide Rates
A study conducted by researchers at several universities, hospitals, and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) found that the Netflix show “13 Reasons Why” was associated with a 28.9% increase in suicide rates among U.S. youth ages 10-17 in t
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The Science of "Mom Brain" | Psychology Today
Has parenting made you more forgetful? Emotional? Ever blame it on "mom brain"? Here's the science behind how our brains might change after becoming a parent.
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High-School Athletes Are Struggling With Mental Illness - The Atlantic
When high-school sports replicate the training methods and intensity seen at the college level, players feel the toll.
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Study: Reading Books To Your Children Every Day Is Worth A Million, Literally - Study Finds
A recent Ohio State University study that found reading five books a day to your children exposes them to about 1.4 million more words by kindergarten than those children who did not have books read to them.
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Children Who Participate In Team Sports May Have Healthier Brains, Study Finds
A recent study by neurologists at Washington University found that participating in team sports in childhood can improve brain structure, and may also lead to fewer instances of depression in boys as young as nine.
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Regulators Approve a New Drug That Could Be a Game-Changer For Postpartum Depression
Federal regulators have just given the green light to a second new kind of antidepressant this month, after decades of little progress combating the disease.
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When Dad Is Sad: Postpartum Depression In Men Must Be Taken More Seriously, Study Finds
As many as 1 in 10 new dads suffer from postpartum depression (PPD), but how does the condition differ for men compared to women?
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Teens and Sleep: The Cost of Sleep Deprivation
Lack of adequate sleep is linked to moodiness, risky behavior and injuries
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How to Help Teens Weather Their Emotional Storms - The New York Times
A D.I.Y. snow globe full of glitter is an apt metaphor for the emotional chaos of the adolescent brain.
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Why is it so damn hard to get healthy? - Mind Over Matter [M.O.M.] Healthy Living
Why is it so damn hard to eat healthy? I decided to ask other Mamas the same question. I got hundreds of responses and remarkably, many of them had the same 8 reasons! Here’s a chart of my...
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Study: Serving Water With School Lunches Could Save Billions, Lower Obesity Rate
A new study that replacing sugary drinks with water in school lunches could help prevent over half a million from becoming obese and save America billions.
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Anxiety in Children and Teens: What all Parents Need to Know -
Anxiety can make everyone feel helpless, but it is manageable. Here is a powerful way to respond to anxiety in children and teens, to help them find calm.
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Gen Z More Likely to Report Mental Health Concerns
Welcome to the Monitor on Psychology digital edition! This interactive format allows you to easily read, share with friends, and click on web links to get further resources.
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On College Campuses, Making Overdose Medication Readily Available : NPR
College campuses are growing increasingly concerned about how to keep students safe amid a national opioid crisis. Some schools provide free and easy access to drugs that can reverse an overdose.
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More Than 90% of Generation Z Is Stressed Out | Time
The American Psychological Association's 2018 Stress in America report shows that stress and mental health issues are common in Gen Z.
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Vigorous Activity During Childhood Cuts Heart Disease Risk Later In Life - Study Finds
There are plenty of immediate and short-term benefits for children who regularly play sports, but a recent study shows that physically fit children may have the healthiest hearts during their adult years.
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Average Parent Enjoys Just 32 Minutes Of Free Time Each Day, Survey Finds - Study Finds
A new survey that explores the daily routines of moms and dads finds the average parent enjoys about a half hour of free time on a typical day -- and many find themselves being forced to actually hide from their kids in order to get away.
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Yes, Violent Video Games Trigger Aggression, but Debate Lingers - Scientific American
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
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Rethinking Your Work Style After Maternity Leave | Thrive Global
The author of The Fifth Trimester offers advice to new moms going back to work
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Study: Having 'The Talk' Just Once Won't Keep Teens From Having Unsafe Sex - Study Finds
"The talk," of course, is a rite of passage for teens meant to lay out both the risks and rewards of having sex, but does it really help? A new study finds that it can -- but having one conversation simply isn't enough.
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How to Help a Child With an Anxiety Disorder - The New York Times
When worrying gets in the way of a child’s functioning, parents need to get help rather than arranging the child’s life to avoid the occasions of anxiety.
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Five Ways to Help Teens Build a Sense of Self-Worth - Mindful
Teens are experiencing increased levels of anxiety and perfectionism. Encouraging them to develop their strengths and see beyond themselves can help boost their self-esteem.
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Vigorous Activity During Childhood Cuts Heart Disease Risk Later In Life - Study Finds
There are plenty of immediate and short-term benefits for children who regularly play sports, but a recent study shows that physically fit children may have the healthiest hearts during their adult years.
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When There Is a Mental Health Crisis in Your Dorm - The New York Times
As colleges face criticism for asking mentally ill students to take leaves of absence, former students discuss their struggles, and their roommates and dorm mates recount what it’s like living with them.
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Medicaid Covers Foster Kids, But Daunting Health Needs Still Slip Through The Cracks | Kaiser Health News
Nearly all children in the foster care system are covered by Medicaid. Yet, foster parents still struggle to meet the extraordinary health needs of their children. To solve this, some states are experimenting with a coordinated approach to care — with m
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Workplace Gender Biases Differ Depending On if You Have Kids
A new study finds that workplace biases can be especially influenced by marital status -- but present different outcomes -- particularly when a parent is single.
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Don’t Believe the Hype: Tech-Induced Anxiety is Real | Thrive Global
The New York Times published an op-ed by a psychiatrist who says tech-induced anxiety among teens is a myth, but the science shows otherwise.
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Playtime May Bolster Kids' Mental Health - The Atlantic
But as parents and schools emphasize academics, it’s dwindling.
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The Evidence on Kids, Sleep, and School Start Times | Psychology Today
Science demonstrates that when young people begin puberty, their biological clocks shift. But school start times don't follow suit.
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Is It Sleep Deprivation or Postpartum Depression? - National Sleep Foundation
Are you sleep-deprived—or is it more serious? Here’s what separates sleep deprivation and postpartum depression.
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How Can I Improve My Self-Esteem?
We all have problems with self-esteem at certain times in our lives. Here are some tips that might help.
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How Parents Can Help Their Freshman Teens Cope With Stress
School can always be stressful, but starting high school for the first time comes with its own fears and anxieties. Here's some simple advice for parents to help their freshmen navigate the new year.
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How to Eat Healthy in College with Food Allergies| Vitacost Blog
Heading off to college? If you have food allergies, check out this healthy eating guide for tips on who to talk to, what emergency snacks to pack and more.
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Telling Someone They were Unplanned Pregnancy May 'Doom Every Relationship' Afterwards - Study Finds
A new study finds that people who learn they were the result of an unplanned pregnancy have more difficulty than others in close relationships.
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Baby Talk May Sound Silly, But It's Crucial For Building Language Skills - Study Finds
When Mommy and Daddy use baby talk, it is more than child's play. That repetitive, cute speech pattern that seems to come so naturally to most parents, grandparents and caregivers also speeds up vocabulary development and language skills, a recent study f
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New fathers are at risk for postpartum depression, too — Quartz
"Depression in fathers looks different from depression in mothers."
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How Parents Can Help Their Freshman Teens Cope With Stress | Thrive Global
School can always be stressful, but starting high school for the first time comes with its own fears and anxieties. Here's some simple advice for parents to help their freshmen navigate the new year.
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How to Deal With Your Seriously Stressful Parents | Thrive Global
Meghan Markle’s rocky relationship with her father is playing out on the world stage, so we asked an expert for advice on how to handle a fraught relationship with your parents.
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Let Kids Play Outside | Psychology Today
Playing outside, digging for worms, planting vegetables, and essentially coming into contact with plenty of dirt and livestock are actually good things. Not just good – essential.
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Parents’ Screen Time Is Hurting Kids
When it comes to children’s development, parents should worry less about kids’ screen time—and more about their own.
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Parenting Style Quiz
Parenting works best when parents are compatible in their parenting style. Discover what your parenting style is with this quick scientific quiz.
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Screen All Teens For Depression, Pediatricians Urge
The nation's leading group of pediatricians has updated its guidelines for tackling teen mental health issues. One recommendation: Annual depression screening for all adolescents 12 and older.
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Babies Can Think Logically before They Learn to Talk
A new study shows language is not a prerequisite for some basic reasoning
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A Case Study on Punishment
When you were punished as a child, did it work? Or did you just strategize how to get away with your behavior the next time?
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How to Function at Work As a Sleep-Deprived New Parent
When napping under your desk isn’t an option.
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The ‘Problem Child’ Is a Child, Not a Problem
Suspending or expelling young students for behavior they can’t control makes matters worse. There is a better way.
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Under our noses: ADHD & Sleep
I tend to read the papers, such as those linking obstructive sleep apnea and ADHD, which support my contention that sleep deprivation is a major contributor.
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Compassionate Parenting
We teach children self-regulation by modeling our more humane values.
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Self-Compassion a Vital Key to Dealing with Exam Stress
Are exams stressing you out? New research shows a way through.
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Don’t Hate Your Husband: Advice for New Mothers
The first years of parenthood are tough on couples. A few survival tips.
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Touch Screens May Be Ruining Toddlers' Sleep
This is the first study to look at the link between toddlers' touch-screen use and sleep, the researchers said.
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Why Kids Shouldn’t Sit Still in Class
Movement stimulates the brain and may help students become better learners.
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The Unexpected Loneliness of New Mothers
Loneliness might be the last thing new mothers expect to feel, but it is far more common than we realize.
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Is a Teen Depressed, or Just Moody?
With reports of an increase in teenage depression, experts say parents should watch for major changes in their own children.
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New Study Shows How Dads Bond With Their Kids
A new brain imaging study shows that fathers given the hormone oxytocin show increased activity in brain regions associated with reward and empathy when viewing photos of their toddlers. "Our findings add to the evidence that fathers, and not just mothers
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Teens Have a Totally Different Way of Making Decisions
And they’re more okay with not having all the information first.
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6 Is an Important Age to Remind Your Daughter She’s Smart
At 6, girls’ self-perception seems to shift.
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When Do Children Start Making Long-Term Memories?
Dima Amso, an associate professor in the department of cognitive, linguistic and psychological sciences at Brown University, answers
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Fact or Fiction?: Vaccines Are Dangerous
Overwhelming medical evidence proves that negative side effects are rare and minor
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Fish oil pills for pregnant moms may cut asthma risk in kids
Children whose moms took high doses of fish oil during their last three months of pregnancy were less likely to develop chronic wheezing problems or asthma by age 5, finds a study that suggests a possible way to help prevent this growing problem.
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You Asked: What Causes a Miscarriage?
A lot of factors can contribute to a miscarriage, but you probably can't control any of them.
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Teach Kids Philosophy, It Makes Them Better at Math
Not what to think, but how to think.
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Self-Control is Important Predictor of Success: Increase it In Kids
A world renowned study thas found self-control is one of the greatest predictors of future success and happiness. How to increase self-control in children.
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The Cure for Campus Loneliness
It’s strange to think that you could feel lonely on a campus of 500 or 5,000 students, but it happens all the time.
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Creating An Ideal Learning Environment
New research uses computer games and wearables to assess the physical and mental states that correspond to optimal attention and self-control among children and
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How Parents Can (and Should) Utilize Principles of Play Therapy
The goals of play therapy easily translate into the goals of parenting: a good mix of responsiveness and nurturance, clear communication and firm boundaries
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10 Current Psychology Studies Every Parent Should Know
Whether parents are happier than non-parents, why siblings are so different, the perils of discipline, bedtimes, TV and more…
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Conscious uncoupling before it was cool
Some of you may know that I was inspired to start thenewfamily.com and the #1000families project in part because my own family is a little unique. While the catch phrase “conscious uncoupling” may have come roaring into popular discourse this
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Memo to Parents: Back Off, and Children Learn More
In “The Gardener and the Carpenter,” Alison Gopnik says children are naturals at learning and have a better chance to develop if parents lighten up.
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Three Developmental Charts: Erikson, Kohlberg, and Piaget
As a follow-up to my blog posts in the Guide Your Child’s Intellectual Development series, I’ve laid out three developmental charts capturing Erik Erikso...
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Off to College? Maybe These Devices Should Go Along
From computers to coffee makers, choosing the right devices for students can be tough. Here’s a guide to make back-to-school shopping a little easier.
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What #Babies Know About Physics and Foreign Languages
Our kids don’t need to be taught in order to learn.
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#Breast-Feeding the #Microbiome
In an excerpt from his new book, “I Contain Multitudes,” Ed Yong explains how a mother’s milk helps strengthen her baby’s microbiome and brain.
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Can Attachment Theory Explain Our Relationships?
The most important parenting you’ll ever do happens before your child turns one — and may affect her for the rest of her life. One mother’s journey through the science of attachment.
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Moving as a child can change who you are as an adult
Researchers have figured out the true impact of moving -- and it's pretty bad.
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'Tell Me About When You Were Little'. Children and Storytelling
Children and storytelling were made for each other. Here are the stories that will intrigue them and expand their world more than any other.
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Excuse Me While I Lather My Child in This Toxic Death Cream
It's Memorial Day weekend. We are up at the cabin with family. A time where we are supposed to be resting and relaxing. A time of thankfulness. A time of...
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Why Teens Are So Obsessed With Social Media
They are hard-wired to respond to all those 'likes.'
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Learning to Live With a Child's Allergies
You read every ingredient in everything you buy. You come to know certain products so well that when they get a new ingredient, it’s like a friend getting a haircut.
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A Child Care Gap in the Résumé: Whether to Explain or Not
Though many women follow “don’t ask, don’t tell” when job-seeking after a child care gap, a study says it may be better to explain why they stayed home.
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Phobias and Fears in Children - Powerful Strategies To Try
Phobias and fears in children are very manageable. Here's how to empower them to move straight through the middle of the fears that get in their way.
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Seeing the benefits of failure shapes kids' beliefs about intelligence
Parents' beliefs about whether failure is a good or a bad thing guide how their children think about their own intelligence, according to new research. The research indicates that it's parents' responses to failure, and not their beliefs about intelligenc
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Gap Year May Have Benefits Long After College
In “There Is Life After College,” Jeffrey Selingo explores how the post-college experience doesn’t look much like the journey we ourselves took a generation ago, and how a gap year can help.
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Where's the Magic in Family Dinner?
Regular meals serve as an easily measured proxy for one of longest-standing and sturdiest determinants of adolescent well-being: authoritative parenting.
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An Age By Age Guide to Sex Education
When it comes to sex education, parents often have many questions. How do I start? What do I say? And when? Here is an age guide for what kids need to know.
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Childhood Trauma, Mental Illness & Diagnostic Distractions
The vast majority of people diagnosed with a mental illness have suffered from some form of childhood trauma.
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The Family Footsteps We Follow
The glory of a close family is that you never lack for cheerleaders, enveloping you in support. The flip side is that you never lack for judges, weighing you down with expectations.
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The 4 Questions To Ask Students Who Don’t Know What They Want To Do | Improving Job Placement Outcomes | Better Weekda
Some students enter, or even graduate, their university without a clue as to what they want to do, which industry to pursue, and how to go about making that
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Young Mice, Like Children, Can Grow Up Too Fast
We often act as if children should grow up as quickly as possible, says Alison Gopnik. But a full childhood is necessary, new research about young mice shows.
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Parenting advice from a teacher of the year, a children’s author, and more
Seven very different parents. Seven pieces of their best parenting advice. Read on.
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Phew! It's Normal. An Age by Age Guide for What to Expect From Kids & Teens - And What They Need From Us
Being a kid or a teen is not for lightweights - it's tough out there! There are important things that need to be done, that only they can do. The nature of these jobs depends on the developmental stage they are at.
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5 Questions to Ask a Child Psychologist
Find the right psychologist for your child and your family.
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Calming Stormy Feelings: A Child's Introduction to Psychotherapy: Sarah Abel, Karen Zilberstein:
Calming Stormy Feelings: A Child's Introduction to Psychotherapy- Knowing how to help children with their feelings can be challenging for all parents, but when feelings grow too strong, they create storms that burst through and change the way children act. This book aims to introduce parents and children to the world of feelings and psychotherapy.
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Being a Stepparent: What You Need to Know to Make It Work - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Stepfamilies come with their own unique challenges and being a stepparent isn't easy. Here are eight ways to make stepfamily life much easier,
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Declining Student Resilience: A Serious Problem for Colleges
College personnel everywhere are struggling with students' increased neediness.
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Parenting Practices that Influence Brain Development - For Better or Worse
Parenting, like all things, has gone through its phases but modern beliefs and practices might be hindering healthy brain development in children.
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A Prudent College Path
There’s a way to combine an intimate academic environment with a state school’s sweep and socioeconomic diversity. More students should consider it.
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
The Fundamental Way That Universities Are an Illusion
Research suggests that colleges are not unified by teaching standards, and that the real differences are within departments and classrooms.
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
The Proven Way to Build #Resilience
Adolescence and childhood can be fraught with social adversity. Relationships are tested, sometimes lost and then there is the challenge of making new ones. Being seen in a positive light socially often trumps other challenges as the most critical to mast
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
Teaching #Kids How To Set & #Protect Their #Boundaries (And Keep #ToxicPeople Out)
Teaching kids how to set boundaries is an important life skill. Here's how to to protect your kids from the people who might shrink them.
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
Essays About Work and Class That Caught a College’s Eye
Few students applying to college write about their family financial situations. But those who take the risk — whether poor or well-off — can stand out from the crowd.
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
How to Teach Children to Share
Don’t force them: when given a choice, children’s sharing behaviour increases in the future.
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
Be Less Irritable With Your #Child Today
The key to any kind of successful parenting is keeping our cool -- self-regulation. We have to model the behavior that we want to see in our kids. This means that our adult-tantrums (a.k.a. yelling fits) are not helping us folks....
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
8 Ways To Maintain A Strong #Connection With Your #Kids
As we become more connected to our smartphones and other devices, there's an increasing sense of disconnection and loneliness that pervades our lives. While we may expect this feeling with
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
7 Fun Ways To Teach Your Kids Mindfulness
I taught a mindfulness class at my daughters’ elementary school this week. Unsurprisingly, the kids taught me way more than I taught them. While I was doing research to develop the class, I came
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
#Anxiety in #Kids: How to Turn it Around and #Protect Them For Life
Anxiety in kids can be particularly distressing but they respond well to intervention. Here's are the skills that will build them and protect them for life.
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
How to Survive the College Admissions Madness
The obsession with elite colleges distorts reality, hurts kids and perverts education.
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
25 Ways To Ask Your #Kids 'So How Was #School Today?' Without Asking Them 'So How Was School Today?'
As my kids get older, I know I am going to have to work harder and harder to stay engaged with them -- but I know it's going to be worth the work....
Psychology | Parenting and Kids
28 Ways To Ask Your Teens 'How Was School Today?' Without Asking Them 'How Was School Today?'
When you get engaged dialogue with a teen, it's never disappointing. It's guaranteed to be interesting; sometimes it can be very enlightening; and it's ALWAYS worth the work. ALWAYS....
