Many parents will use strategies to minimise potential privacy risks, such as by blurring their children’s faces in online posts. But is that enough?
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New research shows how the beach provides many ways to teach young children about biology, chemistry and physics.
We don’t casually lie to adults, and we should afford children the same respect.
It’s important to help our kids maintain a healthy weight. But sometimes well-intentioned interventions can cause more harm than good.
Family vlogging can seem benign, even heartwarming. But kids can’t consent to appear in these videos − and, in most states, have no claim to any of the earnings.
Achievement gaps between white, Black and Hispanic students can be substantially explained by one factor: Their family’s socioeconomic status.
There is a book that will get every child excited to read, you just have to find it.
Literary researchers like me aren’t surprised that reading for pleasure is at an all time low among kids
It is normal for an older child to behave in ways parents will find challenging when a sibling arrives, and for parents to feel upset they cannot spend as much time with their older children.
If you’ve ever found yourself cringing when your child suddenly starts talking in a high-pitched, baby-like voice, you’re not alone.
Treating all adversity as inherently negative does a disservice to children and their ability to develop adaptive coping mechanisms that can protect them in future cases of adversity.
Everyone knows a kid who cheats at Monopoly, backyard cricket or perhaps even a test at school.
Criticisms of women without biological children define motherhood too narrowly, as history reveals the many forms of motherhood.
One of the most effective tools parents have is open, regular, and age-appropriate conversations with their kids.
Parents of course want to protect their children from difficulty. But sometimes this desire to ‘help’ kids can hamper their development.
Adults use these phrases all the time to try and support children. But this type of praise may not always be helpful or healthy.
As of 2010, 3 in 4 states had laws allowing a parent’s disability to be used as the grounds for terminating their parental rights.
A panic attack is a sudden, intense feeling of fear or discomfort. Here’s what it looks like in children – and how to respond.
Parents are dealing with the traditional stresses of raising children, as well as new challenges like technology use. Governments, workplaces, friends and family can all help parents cope with stress.
Tracing the experiences of 6,000 mothers, new research shows how money, stress and excessive use of screens can affect the preschool behavioural development of their children.
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