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AI can explain a difficult math concept, quiz your child before a test, help them brainstorm ideas and give feedback on their writing. It can also write the essay, solve the problem and hand them an answer before they’ve had a chance to think. For parents, the challenge isn’t simply deciding whether AI belongs in homework. It’s helping children learn how to use it without handing over the learning itself.
Read guide →Children under 5 thrive best with hands-on play, movement and real-world interaction. This guide offers ten simple screen-free activities that support your child’s brain, body and heart, at home, on the road or while you wait.
Read guide →Many games no longer make money only when someone buys the game. Children may encounter virtual currencies, character skins, battle passes, limited-time offers and loot boxes while they’re already playing. None of that means every in-game purchase is bad, but children benefit from understanding that the game isn’t only giving them things to play. It may also be giving them reasons to spend.
Read guide →Thoughtful guidance, expert perspectives, and practical reflections to help you better understand what your child may be experiencing.
45 min · In the third part of his series “Our Ways,” Sheikh Ali Hammuda completes his list of twelve habits he says wear…
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5 min · In this short clip, Sheikh Belal Assaad describes five patterns that can make family life unhealthy: substance abuse, constant conflict, violence,…
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19 min · Saying no is part of loving your child, but how do you set limits without becoming harsh, or giving in to…
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14 min · Former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims argues that over-parenting, not under-parenting, is quietly damaging a generation of kids. She describes the ‘checklisted…
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21 min · Communication professor Bruce Lambert presents five principles drawn from Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish’s parenting book How to Talk So Kids…
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12 min · This video draws on cross-cultural research comparing Dutch and American infant sleep patterns, reporting that Dutch babies sleep meaningfully more per…
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9 min · Emma Hubbard argues that a child’s overwhelmed brain largely can’t process talking, explaining, or reasoning during a tantrum. She also argues…
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24 min · Helen Hoffman argues that parents don’t need to prioritize alphabet drills before age three. Instead, she encourages families to focus on…
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12 min · This video presents “regulation before resolution” as the missing piece when gentle-parenting scripts aren’t helping during a toddler meltdown. It recommends…
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21 min · Drawing on decades as a clinical social worker and psychoanalyst, Erica Komisar argues that today’s youth mental health crisis is real…
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12 min · A family therapist names a specific, destructive relationship pattern he calls the parent-teen control battle. It is a repeating cycle where…
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14 min · A counterintuitive approach to backtalk: instead of immediately explaining, arguing, or lecturing, respond with one short, neutral boundary and then stop…
Read the Reflection →Sometimes the most useful idea comes from another parent who has been through something similar.
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