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The Artful Age Editorial Team
Contributor at The Artful Parent
- 427 stories
- Writing since 2021
The Artful Age Editorial Team produces content for parents, caregivers, and educators who want to bring more creativity into their kids' lives. We cover process art, craft tutorials, book lists, and editorial pieces on creative family life. Articles reflect our team's collective editorial process, including testing process art ideas with real kids before recommending them. The Artful Age takes editorial responsibility for content under this byline. For more on how we work, see our editorial policy.
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- Aug 14, 2026 In 1922, Howard Carter's team lifted a sealed alabaster jar from Tutankhamun's tomb and found paint pigments still… + Painting
- Aug 14, 2026 The signs said to prove your adult child merely tolerates you tend to be normal, not damning + Family Life
- Aug 14, 2026 Parents who constantly tell a child “you’re so smart” may be building a surprisingly fragile kind of confidence + Parent Resources
- Aug 13, 2026 In 1990, just 3% of Americans said they had no close friends outside their family + Family Life
- Aug 13, 2026 In 1903, cousins Edwin Binney and C + Drawing
- Aug 13, 2026 When a child rolls a ball of air-dry clay too thin at the edges and thick in the middle, the outer rim loses water… + Art Activities
- Aug 12, 2026 Researchers comparing problematic and non-problematic teen phone users found the difference had less to do with how… + The Journal
- Aug 10, 2026 The things 1970s kids complained about most, the boredom and the being sent outside until dark, are the very things… + Creative Family Life
- Aug 10, 2026 Real behaviors do signal that someone dislikes you, usually a sustained absence of warmth rather than one cold moment… + Family Life
- Aug 9, 2026 In 1839, Charles Goodyear accidentally dropped a mixture of rubber and sulfur onto a hot stove and discovered… + Drawing
- Aug 9, 2026 The real evidence you grew up in a loving home is not a stack of happy memories but a set of quiet adult capacities + Creative Family Life
- Aug 9, 2026 Growing up in a very strict household really can leave lasting marks, but decades of research point to a surprising… + Parent Resources