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I've Been Enabling My Kids And I Need To Stop
huffingtonpost.ca - Joanna Myers
It's time to maybe turn the rotors on the parenting helicopter down a notch or two. It's so hard to see your child fail at something when you know …
Sexual Health
The case for starting sex education in kindergarten
pbs.org - Saskia de Melker
“Who here has been in love?” Anniek Pheifer asks a crowd of Dutch elementary school students. It’s a Spring morning in Utrecht, and the St. Jan de …
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
The Atlantic - Jean M. Twenge
More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis. One day last summer, around noon,
The best way to talk to your child about puberty
netdoctor.co.uk - By Jenny Cook
A 'teenologist' has the answers The infamous teen years are generally accepted as a tumultuous time for parents and teenagers alike, with puberty …
Decoding the mysteries of a child's developing brain
The Washington Post - By Jenna Gallegos
It’s back-to-school season. Parents mark their youngsters' height on the wall and marvel at how much they’ve grown, but what’s going on just below the pencil line in that child’s brain? We know brain continues
What If Everything You Knew About Disciplining Kids Was Wrong?
motherjones.com - Katherine Reynolds Lewis
Negative consequences, timeouts, and punishment just make bad behavior worse. But a new approach really works. Leigh Robinson was out for a lunchtime …
Ideas
Our addiction to consumption might just be what saves the planet from destruction
Quartz - Christina Nuñez
Our addiction to consumption might just be what saves the planet from destruction Our addiction to consumption might just be what saves the planet from destruction Our addiction to consumption might just
Millennial Moms Are Raising Smarter, Happier Kids
Romper - Priscilla Blossom
I know millennials are often vilified by older generations. Folks out there think we're lazy, arrogant, self-absorbed, whiny, entitled, and generally …
Professor Smith Goes to Washington
The Atlantic - Ed Yong
In response to the new president’s stances on a range of issues, more scientists are preparing to run for political office. Updated on June 4, 2018 For American science, the next four years look to be
Want to Raise Successful Boys? Science Says Do This (but Their Schools Probably Won't)
Inc Magazine - By Bill Murphy Jr.
Students--and especially boys--need hours of physical activity every day. They don't get enough because their schools won't let them. This is a story about successful kids (especially boys), common sense,
Worried About Screen Time? Don't Let Kids Go It Alone
NPR - Elissa Nadworny
There are more than 80,000 educational apps in Apple's app store. It seems like a great way to encourage brain development and make your little one the smartest baby genius. But just sticking a tablet
How to prepare your kids for jobs that don't exist yet
Popular Science - Ayah Bdeir, as told to Sophie Bushwick
The founder of littleBits on turning kids into creators When I was growing up, as far as I knew, there wasn’t data mining or user-experience design or front-end engineering—and now they’re some of the
IMF’s imagined $34-billion: Silly stats are behind claims that Canada subsidizes oil industry
financialpost.com - Special to Financial Post
The energy industry receives a small fraction of the $34-billion in subsidies it supposedly receives, and even that is vanishing In a recent opinion …
IMF Pegs Canada's Fossil Fuel Subsidies at $34 Billion
thetyee.ca - Mitchell Anderson
In such giveaways we're a world leader, a fact rarely noted when federal budgets are debated. While Canada slashes budgets for research, education and …
Our boys need to be rescued, and it’ll take a new kind of role model
The Guardian - Gaby Hinsliff
Why do we encourage them to believe school’s not cool? With far fewer jobs in industry, poor kids will fall further behind if they think education doesn’t matter Boys are bad, aren’t they? Cheeky little
Is blending playtime and screen time good for our kids?
cbc.ca - Ramona Pringle
Pokémon Go was the viral sensation of the summer, engaging kids and adults alike in the pursuit of rare digital creatures across neighbourhoods and …
Cleveland Clinic
Twelve ways to get healthier right now
The Globe and Mail - Tralee Pearce
Illustrations by Joren Cull for The Globe and Mail Get out the calendar Forget New Year’s resolutions. Let’s start a new tradition: monthly goals. Old habits die hard. So why not break your big objective
Candle & Soap Making
ThoughtCo. - About.com
Get DIY project ideas and easy-to-follow crafts to help you spruce up your space.
How to Raise an Entrepreneur: 18 Bite-Size Lessons to Teach Your Kids [Infographic]
Inc Magazine - By Aaron Orendorff
Want to nurture your child's entrepreneurial spirit to 'make a dent in the universe'? Here's how. For any parent, knowing what to teach your children--in the limited time you've got--is hard. As an entrepreneur,
Everything Science Has Recently Learned About Raising Happy, Successful Kids
Inc Magazine - By Jessica Stillman
From bedtime to screen time, science is constantly uncovering useful new information for parents. Being a parent is an experience as old as the human race. Being a parent in a plugged-in world of intensifying
Parents’ judginess of other parents is making their kids less able to deal with life
Quartz - By Jenny Anderson
Crime rates have been dropping steadily for 20 years in most American cities. But you wouldn’t know it to look at the way Americans raise their kids. Parents have been arrested for letting their children
What is the point of raising a child?
The Guardian
What is the point of raising a child? Why is taking care of children worthwhile? It’s hard work, badly paid if paid at all, and full of uncertainty, guilt and heavy lifting. And yet, at least to most us,
Are We The Earliest Intelligent Life In The Universe?
NPR - Marc Kaufman
The study of the formation and logic of the universe — cosmology — and the study of exoplanets and their conduciveness to life do not seem to intersect much. Scientists in one field focus on the deep of
6 Marriage Mistakes That Will Hurt Your Kids Later On | HuffPost Life
HuffPost
Why empathetic parenting encourages emotional development
Fox News - By
Hundreds of new parenting books hit the shelves each year promising new tips and tricks, but who has time to read them all? One psychologist and parent has created a compilation book of best parenting
Teaching kids body privacy, personal agency, and consent begins while they’re in diapers
adrielbooker.com - Adriel Booker
It’s not an unusual scene: the kids are running through the house, chasing each other, playing tag, tackling, tickling. Friends are over and the …
7 Morning Routines That Will Spark Your Productivity
Inc Magazine - By Matthew Jones
Follow these simple steps and watch your productivity and wellbeing skyrocket. The problem with morning routines is that most people don't have one. For many individuals, waking up in the morning is a
How to Refresh Your Brain in a Matter of Seconds When You're Stressed
Inc Magazine - By Brady Wilson
Experiencing a massive brain shutdown? Try these 3 ways to restore your higher-level thinking. Your rational brain can process about six bits of data at once. For example, let's say you're in a meeting
The Transcendent Moment Martha Beck Had After 20 Years of Meditation
oprah.com - By Martha Beck
I clearly—though unwillingly—recall my first-ever meditation. I was 23, headed for Japan, and I'd purchased a slim volume on Zen Buddhism. Back then …

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I've Been Enabling My Kids And I Need To Stop

The case for starting sex education in kindergarten

Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?

The best way to talk to your child about puberty

Decoding the mysteries of a child's developing brain

What If Everything You Knew About Disciplining Kids Was Wrong?

Our addiction to consumption might just be what saves the planet from destruction

Millennial Moms Are Raising Smarter, Happier Kids

Professor Smith Goes to Washington

Want to Raise Successful Boys? Science Says Do This (but Their Schools Probably Won't)

Worried About Screen Time? Don't Let Kids Go It Alone

How to prepare your kids for jobs that don't exist yet

IMF’s imagined $34-billion: Silly stats are behind claims that Canada subsidizes oil industry

IMF Pegs Canada's Fossil Fuel Subsidies at $34 Billion

Our boys need to be rescued, and it’ll take a new kind of role model

Is blending playtime and screen time good for our kids?

Twelve ways to get healthier right now

Candle & Soap Making

How to Raise an Entrepreneur: 18 Bite-Size Lessons to Teach Your Kids [Infographic]

Everything Science Has Recently Learned About Raising Happy, Successful Kids

Parents’ judginess of other parents is making their kids less able to deal with life

What is the point of raising a child?

Are We The Earliest Intelligent Life In The Universe?

6 Marriage Mistakes That Will Hurt Your Kids Later On | HuffPost Life

Why empathetic parenting encourages emotional development

Teaching kids body privacy, personal agency, and consent begins while they’re in diapers

7 Morning Routines That Will Spark Your Productivity

How to Refresh Your Brain in a Matter of Seconds When You're Stressed

The Transcendent Moment Martha Beck Had After 20 Years of Meditation