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Childhood & Growing Up
How children learn, feel, and become themselves, explained through everyday family life.
- Jul 24, 2026 Researchers looking at why Nordic children report the highest wellbeing in the world found the reason wasn't a… By Kiran Journals
- Jul 24, 2026 Researchers studying why modern parenting feels so much harder found the answer wasn't softer parents or harder kids… By Kiran Journals
- Jul 23, 2026 Raising a child who genuinely values their own wellbeing may have less to do with what you say to them and more to do… By Rachel Santos
- Jul 23, 2026 Studies show the children who handle the world best often weren't told they were special, they were told they were… By Kiran Journals
- Jul 22, 2026 Keeping one good friendship alive through the school years, the sleepless years, and the worried years may be one of… By Rachel Santos
- Jul 22, 2026 Research says we're watching childhood get quieter, not louder, as a generation of kids trades the scraped knees and… By Kiran Journals
- Jul 21, 2026 Research suggests children who are allowed to take risks in play may be building emotional resilience By Rachel Santos
- Jul 17, 2026 The ten minutes a parent spends alone with a cup of coffee before the house wakes up aren't indulgent By Rachel Santos
- Jun 27, 2026 The second baby doesn't get the carefully folded onesies and the color-coded hospital bag By Ainura Kalau
- Jun 22, 2026 A celebrated experiment once seemed to prove that babies, long before they can talk, are born preferring the kind over… By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
- Jun 11, 2026 The famous marshmallow test seemed to prove that a child who waited for a treat would thrive for life, but a 2018… By Mal James
- Jun 10, 2026 Since 1990, American IQ scores have kept rising, but one researcher's analysis of 272,000 creativity tests found the… By Mal James
- Jun 6, 2026 The child who never caused problems didn't have fewer needs By Ainura Kalau
- Jun 1, 2026 There's a quiet skill that's becoming rare in people under thirty, the ability to feel the sting of having lost and let… By Kiran Journals
- May 29, 2026 The shift from being the parent who is needed to being the parent who is chosen is one of the quieter renegotiations of… By Ainura Kalau
- May 27, 2026 Some of the best parents weren't the ones with the most to give By Ainura Kalau