Parenting

Details: Written by: Dave Shaw, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Why Schools Are The Ideal Place To Teach Children Self Control Self-regulation skills help children manage their thoughts and feelings, control impulses, and solve problems.

Details: Written by: Holly Korschun, Emory University

Why Toddlers With Autism Might Not Look You In The Eye New eye-tracking measures show that young children with autism do not avoid eye contact on purpose. Instead, they miss the significance of social information that is in others’ eyes.

Details: Written by: Jerry Lynch

I love how Eastern thought and Native American tradition emphasize the essential goodness in all children. The Tao calls this essential goodness the way of the expansive spirit. Our work is to guide our kids to discover this goodness within themselves...

Details: Written by: Andy Henion, Michigan State University

Why Kids In Kindergarten Need Lessons In Self-control As they enter kindergarten, many children are still learning to control their behavior and may need educational support to develop that critical skill, a new study suggests.

Details: Written by: Jenny Radesky, University of Michigan

How Should We Teach Our Kids To Use Digital Media? Any time a new technology is introduced, it disrupts values, routines and behaviors. This goes back well before the printing press replaced oral histories or the telephone replaced face-to-face conversations, but is evident today in our regular habits of checking our smartphones for notifications.

Details: Written by: Denis Burnham, Western Sydney University

People often tell new parents to avoid sing-song “baby talk” with their new addition to the family because it will slow the child’s language development.

Details: Written by: Katherine Gombay, McGill University

kids 10 13 Younger children have a binary take on truth and lies, whereas older children take intent and outcomes more into consideration, a new study suggests.

Details: Written by: Shelly Leachman, University of California, Santa Barbara

Should Kids Learn Emotions Alongside Their ABCs? Children should learn about navigating their emotions from an early age, says sociologist Thomas Scheff.

Details: Written by: Tom Sturges

Forgiving Your Children in Advance If fear of punishment is a motivation that keeps your daughter from calling you when she needs you the most, you may need to examine your emergency procedures. The chance of real harm befalling her, out there alone in the world, simply because she is afraid to tell you...

Details: Written by: Stephen Sireci, University of Massachusetts Amherst

What To Ignore To Understand Your Child’s Test Scores Now that the first month of school is over, parents can get ready for the next milestone of the school year – they will soon get reports of the state tests their children took last year.

Details: Written by: Anne Miller, YES! Magazine

Finally, Jobs That Work With Parenting Right now I’m not worried about the glass ceiling. For now, with a young child, I’m embracing freelance work.

Details: Written by: Paige Gray, Fort Lewis College

What's Behind America's Insistence On Instilling Grit In Kids? In the same way that actual grit accumulates in the cracks and crevices of the landscape, our cultural insistence on possessing grit has gradually come to the forefront of child-rearing and education reform.

Details: Written by: Teresa Belton, University of East Anglia

How Kids Can Benefit From Boredom From books, arts and sports classes to iPads and television, many parents do everything in their power to entertain and educate their children. But what would happen if children were just left to be bored from time to time? How would it affect their development?

Details: Written by: Jill Suttie, Greater Good

How to Raise an Environmentalist We read it in the news every day. From climate change to overfishing to deforestation, it seems that we are on the brink of a natural disaster on an epic scale. If we cannot do something to reverse these trends, we will surely make our planet uninhabitable.

Details: Written by: Tina Malti and Ju-Hyun Song, University of Toronto

Here's How To Raise A Child To Be Sympathetic Parents and teachers might often wonder how to teach children caring toward others – more so when the world feels full of disagreement, conflict, and aggression.

Details: Written by: Kyla Wahlstrom, University of Minnesota

Why Teens Need To Start School Later Millions of high schoolers are having to wake up early as they start another academic year. It is not uncommon to hear comments from parents such as, “I have a battle every morning to get my teenager out of bed and off to school. It’s a hard way to start every day.”

Details: Written by: Jerry Lynch

Sports Parent Trap: The Lure of Reaching the Pros Many young athletes become mentally, emotionally, and spiritually fried by the constant competitive pressure, which includes the overwhelming obsession to win, to gain external recognition, to attain perfection, to fulfill unrealistic expectations, and to measure self-worth solely by results and outcomes.

Details: Written by: Mark Heaton, Sheffield Hallam University

5 Ways To Help Your Child If They Are Being Bullied At School Bullying is one of the top concerns that parents have about their children’s safety and well-being – and it can make life a misery.

Details: Written by: Hayley Hutchings, Swansea University

Why Moving Can Affect Your Children's Health And Education Moving home is said to be one of the most stressful life events, ranking alongside long-term illness, loss of employment, bankruptcy and divorce.

Details: Written by: Jordan Raine, University of Sussex

Why Is It So Hard To Ignore A Baby's Cry?

The sound of a crying baby can be incredibly distressing for those nearby, but this primal vocalization has deep evolutionary roots. Research suggests that baby cries activate empathy and attention in adults, driven by neurochemicals like oxytocin. Understanding the mechanisms behind these cries can shed light on their impact and the caregiver response.

Details: Written by: Joann Lukins, James Cook University

The whole family needs to make efforts to get healthy, not just the teenager whose weight is of concern. Kate McCarthy/Flickr, CC BY Adolescence is a tumultuous time developmentally and emotionally, as the teenage body goes through rapid and severe changes.