Tag: Parenting
Parents, cut yourself some slack on screen time limits while you’re...
Brenna Hassinger-Das, Pace University
As families hunker down during the coronavirus pandemic, many parents may wonder how much screen time they should let their...
4 ways to help kids relax as the coronavirus upends everyday...
Mirae J. Fornander, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Families everywhere are adjusting to a new way of life due to social distancing measures like closed...
Violent behaviour shows up at primary school — and can end...
Deevia Bhana, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Schools should be safe places. Yet, throughout the world, violence in schools remains a problem. Girls and boys who are...
Online learning will be hard for kids whose schools close –...
Jessica Calarco, Indiana University
Public and private schools across the nation are closing their doors as everyone scrambles to protect themselves from the COVID-19 viral...
How to stop using food to reward and punish your kids
Stephanie Meyers, Boston University
At one time or another, just about every parent uses food to reward their kids for good behavior and achievements –...
A quarter of US parents are unmarried – and that changes...
Orestes 'Pat' Hastings, Colorado State University and Daniel Schneider, University of California, Berkeley
Family structure in America is sharply divided by class and race.
While 84%...
Concussions and children returning to school – what parents need to...
Susan Davies, University of Dayton
“Jamal” is a 16-year-old boy who sustained a concussion in a skateboarding accident in July. He was diagnosed in the...
Parents can help kids catch up in reading with a 10-minute...
Kindel Turner Nash, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Because I conduct research about reading, parents often ask me the same question: “What can I do...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
