After our daughter Poesy was born, we were inundated with parenting advice and books — big, thick, 900-page bricks that purported to tell us everything we needed to know to…
Parenting - Fable | Stories for everyone
Delivering the world’s best social experience with exceptional stories in service of mental wellness.
New safe sleep recommendations can help pediatricians guide families
The AAP continues to emphasize placing infants on their backs in an uncluttered crib.
Parenting - An SMBC comic collection
A collection of comics about parenting, compiled from over 20 years of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, and also from experience.
A Rule is to Break
Simply celebrating childhood: the joy, the wonder of discovery, the spontaneity, and strong emotions Wild Child is free to do as she pleases. <i>A Rule Is To Break: A Child's Guide to Anarchy</i> follows Wild Child as she learns about just being herself and how that translates into kid autonomy. It presents the ideas of challenging societal expectations and tradition and expressing yourself freely in kid-terms that are both funny and thought provoking—it even functions as a guidebook for adults to understand what it is to be a critically thinking, creative individual. Wild Child is <i>the</i> role model for disobedience that is sometimes civil.<br><br> Mostly pictures (that are cute!) and a little text, and looks good, but don't expect much of a lesson in real anarchy! For ages 4 and up!
Regular naps are 'key to learning'
Regular and lengthy naps are the key to memory and learning in early life, say scientists.
Opinion | Rethinking Sleep (Published 2012)
It’s not the quantity of sleep that restores and refreshes, but the quality.
Viral Tweet Sparks Debate Over Children And Proper Parenting (Again)
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Parents Are Lying About Where Their Babies Sleep At Night. Here's Why That's A Problem.
The AAP comes down hard against bed-sharing, yet many parents still do it. Instead of lying to our pediatricians about it, we should be talking about how to make it safer.
Why broken sleep is a golden time for creativity | Aeon Essays
People once woke up halfway through the night to think, write or make love. What have we lost by sleeping straight through?
How to parent more predictably
(As with anything else I write about parenting, this is mostly just my observations with my own two kids and may not generalize as well as I think it does.) A few weeks ago I wrote about why I think it's valuable for parents to be predictable. I was mostly describing an end state, though, and reasons why it's a good place to be, but what should you do if you're interested in being more consistent
Two Words I'll Never Say To My Daughter Again
Although the words "hurry up" did little if nothing to increase my child's speed, I said them anyway. Maybe even more than the words, "I love you." The truth hurts, but the truth heals... and brings me closer to the parent I want to be.
Primary pupils 'need nine hours of sleep'
Primary school pupils need to have at least nine hours' sleep each night or their capacity to learn will be impaired, say researchers.
Academia: Thoughtfulness With--and Without--Writing
Thursday’s Child Has Far To Go
