At what age do you start caring about likes? It’s younger than you think. My daughter was 8 the first time she asked me about them. I had posted a photo of her on Instagram. The next morning she came downstairs and immediately said, “Dad, how many likes did that photo of me get?” In…
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Carlos Whittaker gives a practical way to invite other adults to speak into the lives of your kids at critical times. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcHgYqzYxtA] OTHER PARENTING HACKS Date Your Kid’s Desires Change the Wi-Fi Password Source: The Parent Cue
I didn’t want to say it. I’d been down this road so many times, and I knew that it usually stalled at a dead end. But I could feel the words on the tip of my tongue, scrambling to get out of the awkward silence of our greeting. Before my brain could find a decent…
Everything I’ve learned about the developing teenage brain has been quite liberating for me. It’s been liberating as a journey in self-discovery. You see, if the brain is not fully wired-up until about the age of 25, then that offers me at least some sort of explanation for much of my confusing and now-embarrassing adolescent……
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on PsychCentral. Boys who are raised in a warm family environment are more likely to feel secure in romantic relationships in their 80s, according to a new study published in the journal Psychological Science. The findings show that boys who grow up in loving homes tend to…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on Medical Daily. Teenagers are often called out for their reward-seeking behavior, but a new study shows that this may not necessarily be a bad thing. This behavior can in fact help adolescents learn from their experiences and prepare them for adulthood. “Studies of the adolescent…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on the Business Insider. Don’t be fooled by people who say parents are out of touch with their kids’ lives. The truth is, they may be more enmeshed in the goings-on of their children than parents have been in decade — and that may not be a…
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*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on the Daily Mail. Family fun often means new activities and destinations but a new study suggests leisure time spent at home in familiar pastimes may be a better route to happiness. “That may be because when the brain is focused on processing new information, such as taking…