Parenting and family stuff
good stuff from around the internet on raising good kids, building a family, etc.
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Parenting and family stuff
Opinion | One Thing Parents Can Control
nytimes.com
Sam Liebeskind added 7mo
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The more money you make, the less likely you are to place ‘being a parent’ at the center of your identity. Part of this probably has to do with the fact that middle and upper-income people are more likely to understand their identity as their job, but even that doesn’t fully explain this stat. Instead, I’d argue that bourgeois parents
... See moreAnne Helen Petersen • The Anxious Style of American Parenting
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Juan Orbea added 2y
“I don’t believe in limiting a child’s screen time; I believe kids should learn to manage their phones themselves” Esther’s advice: Sit down with your child and let them come up with their own screen time policy (this way, they’re more likely to stick to it)
Esther Wojcicki • The goop Podcast on Apple Podcasts
Josh Bowen added 1y
Want antifragile kids? Get out of their way
bigthink.com
Laura Pike Seeley added 2y
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Osmo | Real Play, Real Learning
playosmo.com
Emilie Kormienko added 2y
I once read in a parenting book that one way to deal with kids’ tantrums is to “parent with awe.” In Hunt, Gather, Parent, Michaeleen Doucleff observes the way some Inuit mothers are able to calm children by encouraging them to turn their attention toward beautiful, worldly things.
#179: Beyond Routines
sari added 7mo
We’re decades deep into the helicopter parenting era. Children have never been healthier or safer, but then, American children have been remarkably healthy and safe for decades longer, there was never any real “stranger danger,” and improvements to child health are the product of improving medical technology, not ever-more-anxious parents.
Freddie DeBoer • You Are You. We Live Here. This Is Now.
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