Tag Archive: Parents

Getting With the Program: Sexuality Education in the 21st Century

Comprehensive sexuality education has helped bridge the divide in sex education. For most people, it is a reasonable middle ground.

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How kids fool their parents

It’s normal for kids to lie. Researchers have investigated how kids fool their parents and what to do about it.

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How Pretend-Play is Central to "Living in the Moment"

Kids are great at living in the moment. As they get older, they begin thinking more about the past or the future.

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Memory, Part 3: The Reminiscence Bump: Remembering the "Good Old Days"

Research shows that, regardless of age, people have a greater number of memories between the ages of 10 and 30 than at any other time in their lives.

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Body Image, Part 2: Anatomy of Body Image (Episode 80)

Psychologists talk about kids’ body image, and how parents can help children to become satisfied with their appearance.

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Kids in Sports, Part 4: How do youth sports affect parents?

We know that participation in sports has benefits for kids – but new research shows that it affects parents, too.

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Kids in Sports, Part 3: What Promotes Sportspersonship?

Researchers have been studying what makes kids good sports. Some of what they’ve found validates what parents have experienced. However, some of their findings are alarming.

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Grandparenting, Part 1: National Grandparents Day

The primacy of parent-child relationships is reflected in the plethora of books and research on the subject. Even in the popular media, it is rare to have a television show, for instance, emphasizing the grandparent-child relationship. Of course, it stands to reason that parents and children are focused on to the extent they are. On [...]

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Anatomy of Three Things

Doctors Brian and Giuseppe talk about three recent stories from the familyanatomy.com website, including:

Is preschool depression chronic or a phase?
Are imaginary friends a good thing?
What are the possible consequences of parent-teen conflict over privacy?

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Friday Fun: 5 great iPhone apps for parents

We’ve all been there: sitting around a table at a restaurant, waiting for food to arrive, with kids complaining that they’re bored or hungry. I’ve been known to beg waiters to put a rush on the kids’ food in order to retain my sanity, and my children are usually pretty well-behaved in restaurants! I recently [...]

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