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Are kids born conscientious or raised that way? A robotics and science teacher reflects on honesty, kindness, and what helps raise ethical kids.
Rocking a baby to sleep isn't just tradition — 2019 research found rocking speeds sleep onset and deepens slow-wave sleep, even in adults.
After 17 years of motherhood: let kids fail, compete only with yourself, love yourself first, and be okay with the world seeing your vulnerable self.
Substance abuse can touch any family — including Indian-American families in Naperville. 360 Youth Services' Power of Choice offers prevention and counseling.
ParentsMatterToo: free 6-week Parent Conversation Circles in Naperville starting April 4 — trained facilitators, practical strategies for resilient kids.
A preschooler was denied her Oreo snack at school — and her mother pushed back against 'lunch shaming' in a debate over who decides what kids eat.
In 2014, Suchitra Sharma asked why parents perform their children's achievements on Facebook. The humblebrag is older now — and bigger. From the TI archives.
Gifted children think differently — and that comes with emotional challenges: sensitivity, teasing, perfectionism, existential worry.
In September 2014, German DIY chain Hornbach released a viral ad: a father paints his house black so his bullied goth daughter feels loved at home.
From the TI archives: a parent's 2014 shortlist of magazines, toys, science kits, and free learning sites to keep kids aged 5–12 curious — most of them
By 2014, some parents had learned to reach teenagers by meeting them on social media. Why it sometimes worked — and why the platform was never the point.
Back-to-school forms ask about your child once a year. Here's what teachers actually need to know — health issues, learning style, and the home context that
Want kids who love reading? Let them read what they love — research shows fiction builds empathy and creative thinking, and habit starts early.
How to raise self-motivated learners: praise effort over outcomes, set written goals, define steps — and let kids learn that failure is part of the process.
Tired of saying 'hurry up' instead of 'I love you'? A mom's vow to slow down and live in the present with her kids — inspired by Rachel Macy Stafford.
Call a child 'shy' and they'll believe it. Labels — good or bad — become the boxes children grow inside. Here's why parents should drop the tags.
Spanking and shouting don't teach kids lessons — they teach kids that hitting is okay. Here's what to do instead when your child misbehaves.
Process praise beats person praise: why praising a child's effort — not their 'greatness' — builds resilience, and why praise for everything backfires.
A Charlotte mom called police on her own 13-year-old for stealing $5 worth of Pop-Tarts — and had him arrested for misdemeanor larceny to teach him a lesson.
A University of Toronto study of nearly 400 families found that unequal parenting damages the whole household — including the favored child.
Food neophobia — reluctance to try unfamiliar foods — peaks between ages two and six; researchers say picky eating is a normal stage, not a parenting failure.
Research keeps finding the same thing: kids of emotionally engaged dads do better on nearly every measure. Being present isn't enough — being there is.
Satyamev Jayate's 2012 episode on child sexual abuse cited a devastating statistic — 53% of Indian children face sexual abuse — and asked parents to listen
Child predators rarely act through sudden approaches — they groom. The warning signs experts highlight, and why awareness beats fear.
At a New York panel on young brains and video games, experts weighed the iPad's place in childhood: a powerful shelf of toys — or an electronic babysitter?
Kindness isn't just a trait kids are born with — research suggests it's a teachable skill, and age three is exactly the right time to start.
What research actually says about raising a smart toddler: talk more, read aloud, play unstructured — and be skeptical of educational apps.
A 2011 UK survey found four in ten working mothers had sent a sick child to school, unable to take time off — though a vitamin brand commissioned the poll.
Attachment research shows the mother-son bond shapes boys' emotional intelligence and outcomes — and the 'separate to become a man' narrative is more
The luxury baby market keeps booming even in downturns. Why parents pay $3,500 for a crib — and why it is not actually safer than a cheap one.
The sleepover question, the curfew question, the car question: parenting a teenager is a negotiation about control. Research says the painful version is not
Investor Jim Rogers moved his family to Singapore so his daughters would grow up fluent in Mandarin. Was it genius parenting — or a sign of the times?
A 2011 Wall Street Journal essay on the 'divorce generation' asked a hard question: when parents pour everything into the kids, who tends the marriage?
Co-sleeping is normal across much of the world, but the safety evidence is nuanced. Room-sharing vs bed-sharing, SIDS risk, and what research supports.
Amy Chua's 'Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother' detonated a parenting debate in 2011. What the research on authoritarian vs authoritative parenting says.
Children spanked at age 3 are more likely to be aggressive by age 5, research finds. What the science says about corporal punishment -- and what works instead.
India's RTE Act had just banned corporal punishment in schools. Yet the old proverb refused to die. What the research — and the law — actually say.
A four-year-old's unexpected kiss after the worst day at work — and why parents keep coming back for more of the hardest job they will ever love.
Your kid has a cold. Which remedies actually work? Honey, saline drops, fluids and rest — yes. OTC cold medicines for little kids — no.
The lonely, spoiled only child is a myth. Decades of research say only children are as happy and socially skilled as — sometimes slightly happier than —
Urban Indian children live on screens and schedules. What free play builds — executive function, emotional regulation, real friendships — and what's lost
