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Creative family life, childhood, and artful play — updated as we publish.
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Jun 6
Children praised for being "so mature for their age" frequently spend their thirties grieving the childhood that…
Ainura Kalau
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Jun 6
The child who never caused problems didn't have fewer needs
Ainura Kalau
- Jun 5 People who grew up in the 1970s learned to sit with boredom until it turned into imagination, and most can still do at… Ainura Kalau
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Jun 5
I'm 38 and I went to clean out my old bedroom at my parents' house last month
Daniel Moran
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Jun 5
The child who became the family's emotional thermostat doesn't grow into a calm adult
Ainura Kalau
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Jun 5
There are phrases grandparents say without thinking that adult children hear as criticism, and learning which ones…
Ainura Kalau
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Jun 5
We have normalised adjusting ourselves so completely around other people that by the time the relationship ends or the…
Nato Lagidze
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Jun 5
People who find themselves repeating their parents' emotional patterns aren't failing at change
The Artful Parent Editorial Team
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Jun 4
Parents in their 70s and their adult children in their 40s and 50s quietly describe the same thing from opposite sides
The Artful Parent Editorial Team
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Jun 4
The parents whose adult children choose to spend time with them
Ainura Kalau
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Jun 4
Many parents in their 70s quietly describe the same thing
Ainura Kalau
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Jun 4
People who grew up in homes where feelings weren't named but consequences were still felt often spend the first decade…
The Artful Parent Editorial Team
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Jun 3
American parents are not unhappier than parents in other rich countries because their children are harder or their love…
The Artful Parent Editorial Team
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Jun 3
There's no common word for the moment you realize the thing you've been most afraid of becoming is already running in…
The Artful Parent Editorial Team
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Jun 3
I asked ChatGPT what childhood was like in the 1970s
Mal James
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Jun 3
Adult children who feel genuinely close to their parents in their 30s and 40s often can't point to one reason
Ainura Kalau
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Jun 3
Thought of the day: "Slowly losing friends is a part of growing up. We don't lose friends
Daniel Moran
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Jun 2
Adults who grew up with an emotionally unsafe parent often share the same quiet symptoms
The Artful Parent Editorial Team
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Jun 2
7 things older parents do that make their adult children dread answering the phone
The Artful Parent Editorial Team
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Jun 2
The phrases that cause the most damage are usually not the ones parents shout in anger, they're the ones parents say in…
The Artful Parent Editorial Team