The Best Articles in Parenting
The most useful articles in Parenting from around the web, curated by thought leaders and our community.
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Top 5 Parenting Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved in Parenting by Refind users in 2024 so far.
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Why Do So Many People Not Want To Have Children?
Malcolm Collins is a pronatalist, Stanford MBA graduate, venture capitalist and an author.What would the world actually look like if only the global populati...
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How to get your kid to do stuff without having to constantly remind them
If you feel like you’re nagging them, it’s a sign your current system isn’t working.
How to raise emotionally intelligent kids
We need to teach children about the importance of connection, heart and compassionate listening and put these things at the center of all our relationships, says author, educator and consultant Lae…
«it’s easy to blame our parents for what they did or didn’t do. But the real issue is the lack of emotional literacy in our culture. We don’t teach parents how to respond to children’s feelings and emotions with empathy and compassion. We also don’t teach it in our kindergartens; we don’t teach it in our schools. We still value IQ far more than we value EQ.»
How to help young kids: Give their parents cash
Guaranteed income programs are spreading, and proving particularly vital for low-income families with young children.
How to Make Better Joint Decisions With Your Partner
Decisions can be tough to make as a team. This is how to sidestep the most common — and frustrating — parts of the process and come together as a unit.
How to Actually Enjoy a Weekend With Your Kids
Because kids are a joy and a blessing and can truly mess up a weekend.
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Jonathan Haidt: Smartphones Rewired Childhood. Here’s How to Fix It.
Phones have made kids sedentary, solitary, anxious, and depressed. But, says the author and psychologist, we can reverse the damage.
The Fading Memories of Youth
The mystery of “infantile amnesia” suggests memory works differently in the developing brain.
Sometimes kids need a push. Here’s how to do it kindly.
Raising an independent child is about empathy.
Jonathan Haidt on The Anxious Generation
Yascha Mounk and Jonathan Haidt discuss the end of the play-based childhood and the rise of the phone-based childhood.
How to talk to boys so they grow into better men
Counteracting the Andrew Tate effect isn’t just the purview of parents and teachers.
Short Articles
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I followed my parents' 7 rules for happiness
At 43, Rachel Tompkins took her parents' advice for contentment - including mowing the lawn, reading and not Googling everything
The world wants your kids to buy stuff. Here’s how to help them be less materialistic.
Raising kids in our modern consumer culture is challenging. These tips can help.
I’ve chosen to be child-free: here is how I plan to build a life full of joy…
Even though I’m happy with my decision, not having kids can sometimes make me feel untethered. So I’ve built a list of alternative milestones
«Celebrating your life for how you can help others can be really powerful.»
5 Ways Fathers Hugely Influence Their Daughters
When discussing the importance of fathers, the conversation often centers around their impact on sons. Which makes sense. Boys will more explicitly model their lives on their fathers’ example of…
Your Happiest Time In Life Is Still Ahead Of You — Way Ahead Of You
A new study has pinpointed the age we're most content — and it's not in youth. In fact, the happiest people keep getting older.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles in Parenting.
You can’t even pay people to have more kids
These countries tried everything from cash to patriotic calls to duty to reverse drastically declining birth rates. It didn’t work.
Escalation Theory: Compliance, Violence, and Overachievement In Society
How Elites Cause Crime By Acing Marshmallow Tests Some people think crime is caused by poverty. Some think crime is caused by criminals. Some even think crime is caused by the climate. Don’t swallow…
How millennials learned to dread motherhood
To our generation, being a mom looks thankless, exhausting, and lonely. Can we change the story?
«Birthrates in America have declined across racial and ethnic groups over the past 15 years, decreases driven not only by people having fewer children but also by those waiting to have any children at all, many deeply torn about the idea.»
15 Questions That Will Make You A Better Parent (and Person)
As parents, we worry about having all the right answers. But I think it’s better to focus on asking the right questions. The right question at the right time can change the course of a life, can still…
«All time with your kids—all time with anyone you love—is created equal.»
It Was Late to Have a Baby. I Knew the Risks. I Still Wasn’t Ready for How…
I gave birth at 45. I didn’t know what it could cost me.
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