Should Women Be Freed from the Motherhood Mandate?
Should women be freed from the motherhood mandate?read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ellen Walker, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Parenting Self-Help childfree by choice Complete Without Kids Ellen Walker Melanie Holmes The Female Assumption Source Type: news
Should Parents Use Time-outs?
It is crucial to resolve tricky situations with your child, by giving her a tool to use for the next time. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Meri Wallace, LCSW Tags: Child Development Parenting Source Type: news
Kindness in Kids and The Nature-Nurture Debate
Lucy eyes Charlie’s toy and decides that she wants it. Charlie, noticing this, kindly extends the toy to her, showing prosocial behavior. Is this nature or nurture?read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Darcia Narvaez, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Ethics and Morality Neuroscience Parenting altruism compassion genes oxytocin sociality Source Type: news
How to Teach Your Children Generosity During the Holidays
Self-centeredness and generosity are not mutually exclusive; they are more like next-door neighbors. In other words, your child has the capacity for both. It may drive us crazy to hear the gimmes, but if we want our kids to learn generosity, we’ll be better served to pause, exhale and teach our kids to feel good about giving.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tamar Chansky, Ph.D Tags: Child Development Happiness Parenting encouraging altruism gratitude Holiday giving self-centeredness sharing teaching generosity thoughtfulness Source Type: news
Why Boredom Is Essential For Young People
For many young people, "I'm bored!" is a complaint and also a question about uncertainty. What if we joined them in their questioning?read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nick Luxmoore Tags: Child Development Education Happiness Parenting Source Type: news
The Husband Swap
This blog combines themes of parenting, divorce, love, and relationship duration to look at a writer's personal example of how polyamory can work in some instances and not in others. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Elisabeth A. Sheff, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Parenting Relationships Sex children personal growth polyamory polyandry sexuality true love Source Type: news
Immaculate Conception
Mom with newborn baby--photo icons. But where's dad in the mix? He's often taking the photo rather than caught on film. Ian Beesley is spurred to action--taking photos of fathers holding their babies.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 13, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peter B. Gray, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Gender Health Parenting Born in Bradford cohort study family photos fatherhood fathers Ian Beesley Madonna madonna with child photography Source Type: news
HIV Positive and Pregnant
According to journalist Heather Boerner, author of Positively Negative: Love, Pregnancy, and Science’s Surprising Victory Over HIV, the options for creating a healthy family keep growing and now include both pregnancy and adoption.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Meredith Resnick, L.C.S.W. Tags: Child Development Gender Health Parenting adoption AIDS family HIV pregnancy Source Type: news
Breaking from Our Eugenic Past
The recognition of this history is timely because advances in genetic and reproductive technologies will put increasingly more people in the position of having to wrestle with questions about the kind of child they want – and don’t want – to bring into the world.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jessica Cussins Tags: Education Health Parenting Philosophy assisted reproduction down syndrome eugenics GenePeeks genetics genomics Haunted Files Jon Entine Lee Silver new york university north carolina reproductive justice reproductive rights Source Type: news
Committed to the Language of Mental Illness
Words like "mania" and "Lithium" and "psychosis" can hurt a hell of a lot--especially when used in reference to your child. That’s why it’s a good idea to get to know the words you think may be coming after you. Knowing them can sometimes give you power over them--and over the things they represent.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Deborah Vlock, Ph.D. Tags: Parenting Resilience Self-Help mental illness self-education words Source Type: news
26 Simple Gifts to Last Forever
Simple inexpensive gifts can form the memories that will nourish your child when you’re not with her to remind her of your love. Companionable walks through a wintry wood, car rides singing together at the top of your lungs, laughter shared when everyone’s being silly, these are the treasures she’ll take with her through times of happiness and times of trouble.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dona Matthews, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Happiness Parenting Resilience appreciation books children Christmas compassion dance enthusiasm gifts gratitude music vitality Source Type: news
Insufficient Childhood Sleep And Teenage Overweight
A new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics on December 11th 2014 found a strong connection between insufficient sleep in early childhood and overweight in adolescence. read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dennis Rosen, M.D. Tags: Parenting Sleep childhood ghrelin ghrelin and leptin Obesity Source Type: news
The Neuroscience of Why Children Play
Kids aren't allowed to play as in the "good old days." What price are we paying?read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: William R. Klemm, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Cognition Parenting Social Life biology brain development neuroscience play Source Type: news
And the Winner of the Wisdom Contest Is.....
If you were on your deathbed and had to offer a single bit of wisdom to your child, what would it be? I asked several sage psychologists, book authors, and old friends to share 2 or 3 kernels of wisdom I could pass on to my son. Maybe you can guess what one bit of advice came up most frequently. Though it sounds simple, it can be surprisingly difficult to follow.read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Douglas T. Kenrick, Ph.D. Tags: Aging Child Development Happiness Parenting charity fulfilment kindness positive psychology wisdom Source Type: news
What Single Gem of Life Wisdom Do Sages Most Recommend?
If you were on your deathbed and you had to offer a single bit of wisdom to your child, what would it be? I asked several sage psychologists, book authors, and old friends to share 2 or 3 kernels of wisdom I could pass to my son. Maybe you can guess what one bit of advice came up most frequently. Though it sounds simple, it can be surprisingly difficult to followread more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - December 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Douglas T. Kenrick, Ph.D. Tags: Aging Child Development Happiness Parenting charity fulfilment kindness positive psychology wisdom Source Type: news
