It’s 7 AM, and you’re sitting in absolute silence, enjoying a steaming hot cup of coffee before diving into the usual morning madness. You let out a deep sigh of enjoyment. These are the mornings you live for. Nothing but perfect peace until you hear… SLAM! “Mom!” “Dad!” “He won’t leave me alone!” “She’s not …
Category Archives: Parenting
Teach Your Children How to Try New Foods
Guest post from sociologist and feeding expert, Dina Rose, PhD I bet you know what your children ought to eat. It’s no secret that kids should eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and lots of variety, and that no one–not even the pickiest person–should subsist on crackers alone. Yes, carrots trump candy. But how do …
Picture Perfect Is Just an Illusion
Once upon a time, our family room couch looked like a Pottery Barn catalog. The leather was glossy and smooth to the touch, with faux fur blankets and matching throw pillows strewn about. I vowed to keep our picture-perfect couch pristine when my kids came along. How hard could that be? Rules of no eating …
How to Avoid Power Struggles over Getting Dressed
I’m not wearing that! Most parents can relate to the morning battle over what to wear to school. Even though your child’s closet is filled with plenty of clothes appropriate for any weather or occasion, you cringe when she shows up at breakfast with a purple plaid skirt, a Mickey Mouse tank top that looks …
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Your Medical Test Results Are Available. But Do You Want to View Them?
The 21st Century Cures Act gave patients easy access to their health information. Now, some diagnoses delivered without context are causing high anxiety. Source link
Choosing Quiet Quitting vs. Burnout
We’ve all heard the expression, “Find a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life.” That’s what I thought happened to me. I fell hard for my job of five years not because of its title or salary, but because I had a deep, genuine interest in the field. My …
Behind Their Screens
On this episode: Carrie James and Emily Weinstein, principal investigators at Harvard’s Project Zero, join to discuss their book, Behind Their Screens: What Teens Are Facing (and Adults Are Missing). They’ve been researching teens and screens for over a decade and not only did they collect insights from 3,500 teens, they worked “side-by-side with teens …
All About Temperament • Science of Parenting • Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
In the third season of the podcast, our cohosts, Lori and Mackenzie, explore the research and reality around temperament – which makes each child (and adult) different. On this page, you’ll find an outline of the season’s content and a brief description of each episode. S3: Ep. 1 – Temperament: It’s in Their NatureHow your …
The Uniform Crisis
On this episode: Jamilah and Zak answer a question from a Marine whose son is a freshman at a school for Junior ROTC. The teen loves a lot of aspects of JROTC but loathes uniform day. It causes him anxiety and he’s mentioned quitting the school over the uniform. But most concerningly, the son has …
How to Apologize After Yelling at Kids
It’s easy, especially when you have ADHD and are parenting a son who is bonkerballs with the same condition, to assume that you (and only you) are the worst parent ever. It seems like the entire world tries to remind me of this. There are the picture-perfect parenting paradise illusions of Facebook and Instagram, and …