Understand
Childhood & Growing Up
How children learn, feel, and become themselves, explained through everyday family life.
- 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
- May 24, 2026 There may be no faster way to feel close to a small child than spending an hour making something ugly together on… By Ainura Kalau
- May 21, 2026 The skills your children will probably need to thrive in an AI-driven world By Mal James
- May 20, 2026 Your parenting style may be the reason your child apologizes before they speak By Nato Lagidze
- May 7, 2026 The parenting habit most likely to produce emotionally stable adults isn't teaching resilience By Nato Lagidze
- May 6, 2026 8 subtle signs that a parent has been running on empty for so long they've forgotten what it felt like to have… By Ainura Kalau
- Apr 12, 2026 Being a good father may have less to do with what you teach your kids and more to do with what they watch you do when… By Lachlan Brown
- Apr 8, 2026 The children most shaped by toxic parenting rarely come from homes that looked broken, they come from homes that looked… By Kiran Journals
- Mar 24, 2026 Few people prepare you for the loneliest part of parenting By Lachlan Brown
- Mar 17, 2026 Why children teach us more about presence than any meditation retreat By Lachlan Brown
- Mar 6, 2026 Children who are told “you’re so smart” instead of “you worked really hard” develop a completely different relationship… By Lachlan Brown