Comprehensive sexuality education has helped bridge the divide in sex education. For most people, it is a reasonable middle ground.
Comprehensive sexuality education has helped bridge the divide in sex education. For most people, it is a reasonable middle ground.
It’s normal for kids to lie. Researchers have investigated how kids fool their parents and what to do about it.
Kids are great at living in the moment. As they get older, they begin thinking more about the past or the future.
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.
Psychologists talk about kids’ body image, and how parents can help children to become satisfied with their appearance.
We know that participation in sports has benefits for kids – but new research shows that it affects parents, too.
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.
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 [...]
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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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 [...]