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Aug 20 The night your child cried and you found something close to the right words Rachel Santos
Aug 19 Some people don't understand what their mother gave them until they're old enough to need it Rachel Santos
Aug 19 Psychology says people who take the parking spot at the far end of the lot when a closer one opens up aren't being… The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Aug 18 The mother who parents two children differently isn't playing favorites Rachel Santos
Aug 13 In 1990, just 3% of Americans said they had no close friends outside their family The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Aug 10 Introverts are often told they need solitude to recharge, but 8,769 momentary reports found that choice mattered Lachlan Brown
Aug 9 I used to think it was strange that my parents still needed to weigh in on decisions that were entirely mine to make… Nato Lagidze
Aug 7 A study of older adults living with or near their adult children found the arrangement supported their sense of… Nato Lagidze
Aug 6 Parenting can make a woman feel both more herself and less herself in the same afternoon Rachel Santos
Aug 4 Home used to answer for safety. This time the answer was grass, and my mother's hand, and a woman I had known for… Nato Lagidze
Aug 3 A 40-year study that followed 700 children from birth found that a third of the ones raised in the worst possible… Kiran Journals
Aug 3 Kids in the 1960s and 70s spent whole afternoons with no adult within shouting distance Daniel Moran
Aug 3 Psychology says the loneliest people in retirement usually aren't the ones with nobody around Daniel Moran
Aug 3 A study that followed 1,000 children from birth to age 32 found that a single trait measurable at age three predicted… Kiran Journals
Aug 1 If your young child seems to have no friends, it helps to know that children usually play alongside one another for… Lachlan Brown
Aug 1 A video call with a baby fails at almost everything, the lag ruins conversation and peekaboo lasts ninety seconds, but… Jeanette Brown
Aug 1 A study of adults praising children found they gave inflated praise like incredibly beautiful twice as often to the… The Artful Parent Editorial Team
Jul 31 3,395 people across four studies on how different generations use their phones found that boomers and teenagers reach… Kiran Journals
Jul 28 A study on group behaviour in children found that discipline and belonging pull in the same direction, and when they… Kiran Journals
Jul 26 Researchers who interviewed parents near the end of their lives found they rarely regretted being too soft or too… Kiran Journals