Key takeaways for caregivers of young girls going through puberty:
Puberty is not a singular process, so girls’ feelings about each change will not be uniform. Parents can celebrate changes their daughters are...
Key takeaways about childhood fears for caregivers
Children can develop fears from direct experiences, but they often develop them through information they receive from others.
Childhood fears often form within the family context. Caregivers’...
Key Takeaways for Caregivers on Talking to Babies
Baby girls tend to have bigger vocabularies than baby boys, but that might not be due to gendered parenting practices.
Parents talk more to babies after...
Key takeaways for caregivers
Before children enter formal schooling, a good way for parents to help children learn math is through activities such as playing games that involve numbers.
Once children enter formal schooling...
Key takeaways for caregivers
Effective parenting involves being responsive to the child as well as exerting appropriate guidance.
Achieving a balance between these two behavioral dimensions can be challenging and changes with the child’s...
Key takeaways for parents
A brief, online program can help parents promote their children’s resilience following separation and divorce.
Not all online programs for divorced and separated parents are the same. Evidence from research...
Key takeaways for caregivers
Children are eager to figure out social norms, which are informal rules that reflect what groups of people do or should do.
Caregivers can intentionally shift the way they communicate...
Gentle parenting is a parenting philosophy first made popular by Sarah Ockwell-Smith in The Gentle Parenting Book. The term is sometimes used synonymously with mindful parenting, respective parenting, and other positive parenting...
