Comforting your crying baby

March 31, 2014  |   For parents of children   |   Click on title to comment!

A new study looks at the fundamental importance of responding to a baby’s emotional needs: http://www.futurity.org/babying-crying-infant-matters/ http://holykaw.alltop.com/why-parents-should-baby-a-crying-infant

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teens and cars

March 31, 2014  |   For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

This article examines the trend of fewer teens getting their licenses, and discusses some theories on why that is happening: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20140331_Kids_to_cars__Drop_dead.html  

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taking to your teen about porn

March 31, 2014  |   For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

This article offers some tips on how to address this difficult topic: http://news.gnom.es/news/how-to-talk-to-your-teenager-about-pornography  

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On Anxiety

A well done metaphor for what it is like dealing with anxiety: http://snapdraws.tumblr.com/post/50082858616/apologies-for-the-terrible-image-quality-im

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Teens and social media

March 20, 2014  |   For parents of teenagers   |   Click on title to comment!

Danah Boyd has conducted 10 years of research and hundreds of interviews for her new book, “It’s Complicated,” about how teens use social media. She found that while SOME  kids have unhealthy addictions with computers and phones a  more serious problem s that teens today have fewer places to socialize. A need filled by social […]

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