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RAISING SUCCESSFUL KIDS Don’t punish your kids if you want them to grow up resilient, child psychologist says. Here’s why "“The word ‘gentle’ is triggering,” she says. “That’s why I don’t use it.	Strict parenting may hard-wire depression risk into a child’s DNA “We discovered that perceived harsh parenting, with physical punishment and psychological manipulation, can introduce an additional set of instructions on how a gene is read to become hard-wired into DNA.
2022 November - December Training For The East Asia, Oceania And Americas Time Zones	The Kids Are Not Alright: What you can do to help children struggling through the pandemic.
APtly Said on New study: Teens with secure family relationships bring more empathy to peer conversations "Prior research shows that teens who have more secure family relationships report higher levels of empathy for others, but little research examines whether teens with more secure family relationships actually show greater empathy when observed in... read more	Welcome to Fairplay - the Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood takes new name "In the more than 20 years the Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood, childhood was transformed by smartphones, tablets, and an overwhelming array of apps and games designed to hook kids, monopolize their attention, and mine their personal... read more
How a hot sauce-themed YouTube show helped me get to know my sons better "We finished all the milk in the house around question seven, which is when we switched to vanilla ice cream.	Quantity, content, and context of social media use may affect adolescents' sleep "A new study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health found that checking social media often, viewing emotional or violent videos, and starting to use social media at an early age were significantly related to later bedtimes and... read more
Seven tips for parenting teen boys: 'Nagging them is like shouting into a void' "Telling a teen boy not to make a choice that he deems fun or a chance to succeed will seldom change the outcome as he is seeking autonomy and, like most teens, resists being told what to do or not do." ~Maggie Dent	How Having A Single Parent May Affect Your Attachment Style Later On The theory of attachment styles says the emotional care and security a child received growing up will often affect the way they... read more

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