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Childhood & Growing Up
The emotional, imaginative, and developmental side of childhood, from early creativity to the years when kids begin becoming themselves.
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- Jul 14, 2026 A Pew Research Center survey of nearly 12,000 Americans found no real consensus on one of the most basic modern… By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
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- Jul 13, 2026 A national survey found the share of American men who say they have no close friends at all rose from 3 percent in 1990… By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
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- Jul 13, 2026 Decades of research on why marriages end found that stonewalling, walking away from conflict abruptly and without… By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
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- Jul 13, 2026 Researchers tracking nearly 1,000 older adults for an average of 4.7 years found that closely following a diet built… By The Artful Parent Editorial Team
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- Jul 13, 2026 We tend to assume people who retire early die sooner because work itself keeps you alive, but a 2020 review of 25… By The Artful Parent Editorial Team