Vote for the Worst Toy of the Year
The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, an organization whose mission is to support parents’ efforts to raise healthy families by limiting commercial access to children and ending the exploitive practice of child-targeted marketing, is having a Vote for the Worst Toy of the Year contest. There are five worthy (or should I say unworthy) candidates.
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Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jim Taylor, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Parenting AT & Barbie Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood Cartoon Network CCFC girl scouts LeapFrog mattel MiWorld toys Source Type: news
16 Great Holiday Gift Books for Babies and Toddlers
Books make great gifts for babies and toddlers. Here are sixteen of my favorites with a very short review to help you make your choices. Come back to this list often—you can use it all year long!read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: J. Richard Gentry, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Parenting baby reading bonding with babies books for children books for parents child development and education ' s literature good parenting language development leaning to speak learning to read reading develo Source Type: news
How Did Nature Create Involved Human Fathers?
By what processes are human fathers fashioned? Chance mutations? Sophisticated "evo-devo" processes modeled by Andreas Wagner in his new book, "Arrival of the Fittest"? By developmental plasticity and the "Baldwin effect"? Let's think about this.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter B. Gray, Ph.D. Tags: Animal Behavior Evolutionary Psychology Parenting Philosophy Andreas Wagner Arrival of the Fittest Baldwin effect developmental plasticity evolutionary processes James Mark Baldwin phenotype Source Type: news
Sonnet to a Playful God
One of my secret pleasures (well, it was secret up until now) is writing sonnets. I love to play within the boundaries of the classic Shakespearian sonnet. Here's one I wrote about the value of play.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter Gray Tags: Child Development Creativity Education Ethics and Morality Evolutionary Psychology Happiness Parenting God play playful spirit Shakespearian sonnet Source Type: news
How to talk with your kids about the Ferguson incident
Children and teenagers are viewing media reports of the tragic incident in Ferguson. Some are confused about the reasons for the demonstrations. Many are hearing commentaries about whom they can and cannot trust in dangerous situations. Parents should determine what their kids have heard and seen and openly discuss the incident in a developmentally appropriate manner. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 4, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Eugene Beresin, M.D., M.A. Tags: Child Development Law and Crime Parenting Race and Ethnicity Source Type: news
You Can Sound as Powerful as Margaret Thatcher
Imagine that you're powerful, and you may alter your voice in a way that makes you so. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Temma Ehrenfeld Tags: Parenting Social Life dominance power voice Source Type: news
A GPS for Children with Learning and Attention Issues
Children with attention or learning issues are often called “stupid, lazy, or undisciplined.” What they are is undiagnosed. Understood.org has changed all that by offering online guidance for parents of the one in five children with learning and attention problems.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan Newman, Ph.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Child Development Cognition Parenting Source Type: news
The Biggest Problem With Parenting Advice
Parenting advice tends to encourage parents to take too much or too little control. How can parents find their balance amidst these contradictory messages?read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jessica Grogan, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Education Parenting Self-Help Source Type: news
The Creative Investment of Worldplay
How can parents, educators, business leaders, and policy makers nurture creativity, prepare for inventiveness, and stimulate innovation? One compelling answer lies in fostering the invention of imaginary worlds, otherwise known as worldplay.
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Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michele and Robert Root-Bernstein Tags: Child Development Creativity Parenting complex make-believe creative play imaginary worlds paracosm secret country worldplay Source Type: news
Children, Gifts, and Holidays: Have an Easy Merry Christmas
Another season, another reason for buying presents. Or not. Instead, maybe this holiday season provides another reason to think about the gifts you’re already blessed with. There’s nothing new about this simple perspective, but when I look around, I realize it’s a timeless message, and one that bears thinking about once again this year. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dona Matthews, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Happiness Parenting Spirituality budget Christmas compassion electronic devices gifts giving happy holidays inexpensive pressure stress during holidays Source Type: news
Innate Affects
Anger may be the most misunderstood feeling. It is one of the negative affects. Thus, like all negative affects, anger is an SOS signal. Excessive anger leads to distress, another negative affect. They are linked and appear to depend on the quantity of the stimulus. What is their mechanism of action?read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 2, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Paul C. Holinger, M.D. Tags: Child Development Cognition Parenting child and parent infants and young children origins psychoanalysis psychology psychotherapy Source Type: news
When Parents Forget to Be Partners
Sometimes after baby is born, the parents forget about their first love: each other. A happier couple will mean a happier family. Jill Caryl Weiner's memory book for families "When We Became Three" can help. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jean Kim, M.D. Tags: Child Development Happiness Parenting Relationships childrearing parents romance Source Type: news
The Marital Selection Minefield (Part Two)
Last week, I talked about research describing some of the strategies that parents may rely on to influence the mating choices of their children. But what about when children are dealing with parents who either disapprove of their mating choices or try to persuade their children to marry someone of their choosing? A new research examines this question in more detail.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Romeo Vitelli, Ph.D. Tags: Gender Parenting Relationships conflict Source Type: news
5 Signs That Sibling Fighting May Be Bullying
Signs that sibling fighting is entering the territory of bullying, and ways to intervene.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Joe Magliano, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Education Parenting Relationships bullying Christine Malecki fighting intervention Michelle Demaray NIU Northern Illiinois University siblings signs strategies study Source Type: news
Toy Shopping Tips: How to Promote Gender Equity
With toy shopping season in high gear, parents should think carefully about toy purchases and the messages they send with their gifts. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elizabeth J. Meyer, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Gender Parenting Barbie dolls marketing toys Source Type: news
