9 Best Articles in 2021
NPR
How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger
NPR
10 min read · 413 saves · 2019-12-22 · At the top of the world, the Inuit culture has developed a sophisticated way to sculpt kids' behavior without yelling or scolding. Could discipline actually be playful?
The Atlantic
The Nuclear Family Was Never Going to Last
The Atlantic
20+ min read · 344 saves · 2020-02-10 · The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s time to figure out better ways to live together.
Nir Eyal
How Bad is Tech Use for Kids, Really?
Nir Eyal
9 min read · 344 saves · 2019-12-24 · Nir Eyal's Hooked is about how technology changes our habits. In this article, he explains the effect personal technology is having on our children.
The Atlantic
Why Rich Kids Are So Good at the Marshmallow Test
The Atlantic
5 min read · 336 saves · From 2018 · Affluence—not willpower—seems to be what’s behind some kids' capacity to delay gratification.
Guardian Books
Why a generation is choosing to be child-free
Guardian Books
~11 min read · 280 saves · 2020-07-25 · The biggest contribution anyone can make to the climate crisis is not to have children. So why do we still treat parenthood as the default?
The New York Times
Opinion | Let Children Get Bored Again
The New York Times
6 min read · 259 saves · From 2019 · Boredom teaches us that life isn’t a parade of amusements. More important, it spawns creativity and self-sufficiency.
medium.com
What Kids Need to Learn to Succeed in 2050
medium.com
~13 min read · 254 saves · From 2018 · Humankind is facing unprecedented revolutions. How can we prepare ourselves and our children for a world of such unprecedented transformations and radical uncertainties?
Psychology Today
3 Common Tactics of Manipulative Parents
Psychology Today
3 min read · 240 saves · 2020-04-02 · How manipulative parenting can inflict long-term damage.
Forbes
Why It’s Important To Teach Children Philosophy
Forbes
3 min read · 238 saves · 2019-11-22 · “What is philosophy?” is a very philosophical question, in that it lacks a clear and straightforward answer
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An Age-By-Age Guide to Disciplining Your Kid
Lifehacker
4 min read · 106 saves · Mar 25th · Most new parents begin their parenting journey with some idea of how they want to discipline their children. Surely you would never let your three-year-old throw a fit in Target. Your kid won’t talk…
The New York Times
Opinion | We Can’t End the Pandemic Without Vaccinating Kids
The New York Times
5 min read · 59 saves · Mar 29th · So far, children have mostly been spared from the worst aspects of Covid-19. Let’s keep it that way.
The New York Times
How to Spot Depression in Young Children
The New York Times
6 min read · 55 saves · Apr 3rd · We tend to think of childhood as a time of innocence and joy, but as many as 2 to 3 percent of children from ages 6 to 12 can have serious depression.
Vox
The problem with “mom boss” culture
Vox
~11 min read · 25 saves · Apr 8th · Mommy blogs and influencers are monetizing the horrible working conditions of motherhood.
PsyPost.org
New neuroscience research suggests childhood maltreatment sensitizes brain regions to later life trauma
PsyPost.org
2 min read · 24 saves · Mar 28th · New neuroimaging research offers preliminary evidence that childhood maltreatment amplifies the impact of combat exposure trauma. The findings, published ...
Brain Pickings
Seeking an Aurora: A Wondrous Illustrated Celebration of Earth’s Most Otherworldly Spectacle of Color
Brain Pickings
4 min read · 23 saves · Mar 28th · Transcendence and tenderness in the lacuna of awe between the creaturely and the cosmic.
The New York Times
Opinion | Transgender Childhood Is Not a ‘Trend’
The New York Times
5 min read · 22 saves · Apr 5th · As far back as historians have found evidence of transgender people, they’ve found transgender children.
The Atlantic
The Urgency of Vaccinating Kids
The Atlantic
6 min read · 21 saves · Apr 5th · The fact that many adults are still refusing the vaccine makes immunizing children even more important.
Vox
One weird trick to fix our broken child care system
Vox
20+ min read · 20 saves · Apr 2nd · What if caring for kids was a public good?
