Category Archives: Parenting

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Growing up mentally strong doesn’t mean kids stop needing their parents

Every parent knows the feeling: your kid comes home with that look on their face. [...]

56 There was a strange little excitement attached to a power cut in many homes of the 1980s —

For many Indian children growing up in the 1980s, power cuts were more than an [...]

Students show more attention to learning when fun and enjoyment become a critical factor

Students show more attention to learning when fun and enjoyment become a critical factor in [...]

Calling your parents every day can look like a sign of emotional dependence, especially when

Because they enjoy the connection or because they feel unable to cope without constant reassurance, [...]

“I think you should not discipline children too much,” he said

Warsi recalled when he started smoking, he did not feel the need to hide it [...]

Here are nine things boys often pick up from their grandparents, almost entirely by osmosis

There's a particular kind of learning that happens at a grandparent's house, the kind that [...]

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Children feel valued when adults consistently make room for their voice, effort, interests

It grows through small, repeated moments that tell a child, “You matter here.” A child [...]

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Across traditions, there’s a lovely pool of names that either translate directly to ‘curious’

Names tied to curiosity carry a certain spark to them, they hint at a mind [...]