What social changes gave us “helicopter parenting” and, now, even more “intensive parenting”? This New York Times podcast from a few weeks…
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We no longer live in an era of footbinding, writes my Let Grow Co-Founder Peter Gray, the psychologist who studies…
This video of John Stossel’s is going viral — as it should! It shows how crazy our country can sometimes…
What has been sapping our kids’ can-do spirit? Covid? Phones? Too much TikTok not enough teeter-totter? No matter what is…
Once again, friends, I. MUST. RANT. Why? I — just heard from a mom trying to get two other families…
Child psychologist Tovah Klein visited the special schools in China where kids are given a vast amount of time and…
The Surgeon General just issued a report announcing something most of us suspected: Parenting is not easy. In fact, it…
The latest parenting insanity is coming from England: Popular TV personality Kirstie Allsopp let her 15-year-old son go on a…
Hi Folks! I wrote this piece for my syndicated column, but am posting it here because it gets at one…
“The Hero’s Journey” is the name we give to the universal journey into risk and fear to achieve something important.…