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The Art of Raising Kind Kids | Goop
We all want our children to be kind, and to grow up to be even kinder. As any parent knows, monitoring unkind behavior is in most cases a practical impossibility, particularly as children grow—and it’s not an effective way to to build a kindness refle
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Give Your Kids an Experience this Christmas, Not Toys! (Here’s Why)
Over two thousand years ago the Buddha observed that "cravings" were the source of most of our suffering. (And he was pretty wise... like a Buddha, in fact!) Basically, cravings cause us to chase after pleasure in material things, but this habit always e
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Playing with Children: Should You, and If So, How?
Playing with your child is not “play” unless you are both having fun.
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This Is the One Thing You Need to Do to Raise Strong Girls
I’ll never forget the day I truly felt affirmed in my job. I have a unique role as a teacher, life coach, and mentor all wrapped up in one. One afternoon I was sitting across from one of my 10-year-old clients helping her with her homework and out of th
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14 Games to Play Before Bed That Guarantee a Trip to Dreamland
These simple but clever games will have your energetic kids making tracks for their beds in no time.
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10 Books On Bullying (& Bullying Prevention) Every Family Should Own
From picture books to middle grade memoirs to books just for parents, here are ten books we think everyone should read at least once.
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Why I Don’t Want Gifts at My Daughter’s Birthday Party
At the bottom of my daughter’s birthday party invitations you’ll see a note that reads, “No Gifts Necessary.” Why? Because I’m an evil mother and I don’t want her to have any fun. No, that’s not it. My dear daughter is about to turn 7. And s
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New Dad-Created App Freezes Kids’ Phones
This dad created a genius app which makes it almost impossible for your child to ignore your texts.
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Anxiety in Kids and Teens: How to Turn Avoidance into Brave Behaviour - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Anxiety in kids and teens can be confusing, and can drive avoidance in a way that shrinks their world a little. Here's how to encourage brave behaviour.
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Kids and Anger - How to Help Your Little Hot Head Find Calm (by Melissa Benaroya) - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Anger is neither good nor bad; it’s just a normal feeling. How we express our anger is what is most critical. It is an important emotion and can actually be helpful in creating motivation. It can also be dangerous when expressed in an unhealthy way an
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5 Ways to Teach Your Children Civility and Why It Matters Now
Teaching civility means helping your children recognize the humanity of others and put the common good above their self-interests.
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10 Things My Mom Told Me As a Kid That Give Me Confidence Now
My mom did so much for me growing up and still does. But what she did for me that is probably more powerful than any one single thing is the internal voice she sewed deep inside of me that continues to replay in my mind every single day.
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How to Nurture Empathy in Children - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Empathy is a vital part of emotional intelligence, which research shows is critical to success. Here are some powerful ways to build empathy in children.
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When dad doesn't cut it: should you forgive or forget him | Daily Mail Online
Post-divorce, many fathers don't have a close relationship with their children, which can be emotionally damaging. We ask: should you build bridges with your father - or burn them?
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Building Social & Emotional Intelligence in Children - How to Teach Connection and Civility (by Melissa Benaroya) - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
In our changing world, teaching children civility is more important than ever. Civility goes beyond being polite and courteous; it involves listening to others with an open mind, disagreeing respectfully, and seeking common ground to start a conversation
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Playground Politics – What Drives Peer Rejection? - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
It's completely understandable that for many children rejection feels personal. Research has found that it's often not. Here's what children need to know
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Marijuana may be a miracle treatment for children with autism
Israeli breakthrough suggests cannabis oil is helping children deal with severe autism.
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When Your Child Is a Psychopath
The condition has long been considered untreatable. Experts can spot it in a child as young as 3 or 4. But a new clinical approach offers hope.
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Empowering vs. Enabling | World of Psychology
What amount of love does it take to say "No," to set boundaries and allow for people to learn from the natural consequences of their actions? Enough to fill an Olympic stadium. Hard to sit back and watch someone you love self-destruct before your eyes; es
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9 Home School-Summer School Activities (PLUS Daily Lesson Plan Schedule)
It is well-known that kids may lose some of their academic gains over the summer. So it is a good idea to provide them with some educational activities to keep those neurons in the brain active. Here are 10 academic activities that you can have your...
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Depression in Teens: The Warning Signs and How to Help Them Through - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
The earlier any symptoms of depression in teens are caught, the easier it will be to stop them expanding into something bigger and tougher to shift.
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The Talk
I didn't think we needed to talk to our kids so early about race. I was wrong.
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How to help your children when their other parent is a narcissist | The Recovery Expert
It is so sad to watch your children being emotionally manipulated by their narcissistic parent. It is a complicated situation and difficult to know how to respond. How can you help your children when they are being co-raised by you and this type of pare
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Talking to Children About Addiction (by Chelsy Ranard) - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Addiction is a hard topic to discuss. For both addicts and those close to them, it’s tough to explain the struggle to family members, friends, or employers. When talking to children about addiction, it can be impossible to find the words to help them un
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5 Anxiety Warning Signs a Child Might Experience | World of Psychology
Parents and guardians often miss these five common warning signs they're children are struggling with anxiety.
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Maternal depression across the first years of life impacts children’s neural basis of empathy
Exposure to early and chronic maternal depression markedly increases a child’s susceptibility to psychopathology and social-emotional problems, including social withdrawal, poor emotion regulation, and reduced empathy to others. Since 15-18% of wome
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Pregnancy resculpts women’s brains for at least 2 years
Novel study finds striking, lasting changes in brain areas involved in social cognition
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Updated: FDA approves drug that rescues babies with fatal neurodegenerative disease
First treatment for spinal muscular atrophy approved
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How to Involve Children in Writing to Boost Creativity and Memory (by Sophia Anderson) - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Handwriting plays an important role in the development of creativity and memory in children. Here are some ways to encourage children to write.
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Step 1: Stop Spoiling Your Kids!
As an adult, what's one thing you know for sure about money? That it's a limited resource. Learn how to teach your kids the value of a dollar from Jean Chatzky.
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3 Differences Between Younger and Older Siblings | AllPsych Blog
Well, here’s the first one: younger siblings are cooler. (Just kidding.)
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Dealing with Big Feelings - Teaching Kids How to Self-Regulate - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
None of us were born knowing how to control big emotions. For children, learning how to self-regulate will take time, but there are ways to help this along.
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10 Current Psychology Studies Every Parent Should Know - PsyBlog
Whether parents are happier than non-parents, why siblings are so different, the perils of discipline, bedtimes, TV and more...
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Your Kids Use Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram. Want Them to Be Successful? Get Them on LinkedIn
Social Share Page
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Building Courage in Kids - How to Teach Kids to Be Brave - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Many things lead to success and happiness, but one of the greatest and most powerful of these is courage. Here are strategies for building courage in kids.
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4 Ways to Become a Better Parent, According to Science
Helicopter-parenting isn't the answer
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What to Tell Your Kids About Climate Change
While it’s an issue that affects everyone, climate change is a particularly terrifying threat for parents. Which is all the more reason to resist the temptation towards paralysis we typically feel in conversations about such …
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Back To Basics: Raising Children In The Digital Age (by Richard Freed) - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Even amid the trappings of our tech-obsessed culture, children’s connections to family and school are still the most important factors in their lives.
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Morning Routine With Kids
Finding it impossible to get out the door? Here are some real mom tips on creating a morning routine with kids.
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Every Child is a Philosopher (by Dr Bahar Eriş) - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Children are small-sized philosophers who love to question anything and everything about the world around them.
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Are Tea Tree and Lavender Oils Safe for Kids?
Tea tree and lavender essential oils are popular ingredients in personal care and household products, including many aimed at children. But can the ingredients, often promoted as “natural” alternatives, trigger abnormal breast growth in boys and girls
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How to Banish Fussy Eating (According to Science) - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
New research has found that with three simple steps, parents can change their child's attitude towards food, and dramatically increase healthy food choices.
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How Parents And Teachers Can Nurture The 'Quiet Power' Of Introverts
A new book looks inside the minds of introverted kids and teens, with lessons for schools on class participation, groupthink and public speaking.
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10 Facts Every Parent Should Know about Their Teen's Brain
A survival guide to raising, or at least understanding, teenagers.
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How to Help Shy Kids Without Harming Them
There are ways to help shy kids feel more comfortable, experts say.
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5 Educational Toddler Sites & Apps
Check out these mom-approved educational toddler sites and apps!
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5 Top Parenting Challenges and How to Deal with Them
Parenting tweaks that curb children’s annoying behaviors.
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What Kids Wish Their Teachers Knew
A teacher’s insights from asking students to finish the sentence, “I wish my teacher knew…”
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My Son Wears Dresses, and That's OK With Me
Every morning my four-year-old daughter, Sydney, drags a chair into her closet and plucks a dress off of the rack. I try to lean her in other directions...
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The Danger of Telling Kids "You Can Do Anything!"
The unexpected downsides of constant encouragement
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The Best Online Resources For Parents
Checkout our list of ace resources for parents, both online and in your community.
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Teaching Kids to Code
A few years ago we came upon an impressive London start-up named Technology Will Save Us making DIY toy kits that kids could build and code themselves. In an age when kids born in the …
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The Young Adult Reading Guide
Some of the most timeless, iconic literature ever written was written for young adults. And in recent years, thanks to unputdownable series like The Hunger Games and brilliant, big-name authors like John Green, teen fiction …
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Kid’s Lunch Recipes from Chef Moms
With the new school year upon us, we needed some fresh lunchbox inspiration—our favorite place to get it? Chef parents.
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What an Upset Kid is Really Trying to Say
Difficult-to-diffuse meltdowns are a reality of the early years, and theyre a challenge for even the calmest, most rational and seasoned parents among us. Here, Dr. Habib Sadeghi and Dr. Sherry Sami share four steps …
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Divorce and Kids: 8 Ways to Get Them Through - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Divorce is hard enough but divorce and kids takes all the more working through. Here are 8 ways parents can help keep kids on track...
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Body Safety - Empowering Kids to Stay Safe Safe - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
By Jayneen Sanders With one in five girls and one in eight boys sexually abused before their 18th birthday, and with 90% of children knowing their perpetrator, it’s important that the children in our care know the following crucial and life-changing
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5 Ways Caring Parents Make Teen Anxiety Worse - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Teen anxiety is not only debilitating for your teen, it's debilitating for the whole family. Here are ways parents can help with teen anxiety.
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Building Resilience in Children - 20 Practical, Powerful Strategies (Backed by Science) - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
All kids are capable of extraordinary things. By building resilience in children, we can give them the skills to thrive through challenge and adversity.
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Want to Raise Successful Kids? This Is the Best Summer Activity
Young minds benefit hugely from this tried-and-true summer activity.
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Why Thousands of People Are Buying This $100 Rubber Duck
Pi Lab started out making traditional consumer electronics, but found its biggest hit with a high-tech spin on a classic children's toy.
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How to Deal with the Narcissist in Your Life
The author of The Narcissist Next Door: Understanding the Monster in Your Family, in Your Office, in Your Bed—in Your World explains how to deal...without destroying yourself.
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What Relationship Researchers Know About Love
They've looked at everything from what you're actually doing when you think you're helping your partner to the truth about the way you handle disagreements.
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Empathetic Listening - How to Listen So Your Kids Will Too - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Empathetic listening will deepen the connection with your child, open them up to your guidance, and grow their emotional intelligence.
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The Ultimate First Aid Cheat Sheet
Summer is the season for tiring kids out with everything from biking and hiking to tennis and swimming, but all that fun inevitably brings scrapes, bruises, ticks, and a whole host of mini-injuries. For a …
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Thumb Suckers and Nail Biters May Develop Fewer Allergies
Thumb sucking and nail biting worry parents, but now new research shows that children with those bad habits may develop fewer allergies later in life.
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Why All the Gloom and Doom About Kids and Screens? (by Meghan Owenz) - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
There are some really good reasons to limit screen time for young children. Here is the research about kids and screens to inform your decisions.
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5 Ways to Help Your Child Cope With Stress (by Janine Halloran) - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
As adults, we learn ways to cope with the stress in our lives. Our children need to be able to do the same. Here's how to help your child cope with stress.
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How Mindful Parenting Differs From Just Being Mindful - Mindful
According to new research, children who experience mindful parenting are less likely to use drugs or get depression or anxiety.
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What Causes Autism? New Research Unlocks More Secrets - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
Autism holds its secrets closely, but research is slowly uncovering what causes autism, to improve the lives of those who have it, and those who love them.
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Why The First 1,000 Days Matter Most
We’ve neglected nutrition in utero and infancy, with devastating consequences.
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Could probiotics cure autism?
Scientists from Baylor College of Medicine in Texas wanted to explore the effects of probiotics on autism. They found guts lacking in one type of bacteria were more likely to have autistic traits.
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When Children Lie - How to Respond and Build Honesty - Hey Sigmund - Karen Young
When children lie, the way we respond can build honesty and strengthen our connection, or feed the idea that lying is a handy way to get out of trouble.
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The Effect of Birth Order on Children
Birth Order impacts on children's emotions, behavior, and personality
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The Misguided Desire of Wanting Our Kids to Be Happy
Its both human, and typical of how we parent today: At the first indication of unhappiness from our kids, we rush in to fix it, serving, as Dr. Robin Berman explains, like human pacifiers. And …
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Don’t Treat Young Adults as Teenagers
Raising the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to 21 is misguided.
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Omega-3 lowers childhood aggression in short term
Consuming omega-3 initially improves a child's aggressive behavior, according to researchers but the effects eventually vanish.
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Incorporating Technology into Family Time
Interactively using technology with your child.
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Great Kids Camps
When you’re trying to land on summer camps for your kids, the decision can feel as big as helping them pick where they want to go to college. Here are some of the best summer …
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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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Is too much screen time damaging your child’s brain?
Studies connect delayed cognitive development with extended exposure to media
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By age 3, environmental factors are relevant to the development of self-control
By age 3, environmental influences such as parenting are relevant factors in the development of toddlers' self-control when they are asked not to do something they want to do, such as run into the street or eat a forbidden snack, research indicates.
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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.
