A mother’s warning: If you have white teen sons, listen up …
Source: CNN By Sara Sidner, CNN Los Angeles (CNN)Joanna Schroeder has a warning for parents of teen and tween white boys: If you don’t pay attention to their online lives, the […]
Parents Need To Erase These Common Phrases From Their Vocabulary
Source: MSN News BY Charlotte Hilton Andersen, Jessica Booth This phrase may be okay to use when your tone is compassionate, but issues can arise if it comes off as angry […]
Americans Widely Support Paid Family and Medical Leave, but Differ Over Specific Policies
Source: Pew Research Center BY JULIANA MENASCE HOROWITZ, KIM PARKER, NIKKI GRAF AND GRETCHEN LIVINGSTON A growing share of working parents and an aging population have put pressure on more American workers as […]
Surrogate mothers: ‘I gave birth but it’s not my baby’
Source: BBC News By Valeria Perasso Social Affairs correspondent, BBC World Service Canada has become a hot destination for parents-to-be looking for “altruistic surrogates” – women who give birth to babies […]
India outrage as mall shames woman for breastfeeding
Source: BBC News There has been outrage in India after the management of a shopping centre in the eastern city of Kolkata told a mum wanting to breastfeed her baby […]
Limiting children’s screen time linked to better cognition
Source: BBC News By Alex Therrien Limiting children’s recreational screen use has been linked with improved cognition. Children aged eight to 11 who used screens for fun for less than […]
Should You Track Your Teen’s Location?
Source: New York Times By Lisa Damour If you want to start a heated debate, ask a group of parents what they think about using technology to track a teenager’s location. […]
A 10-month-old died after her parents refused to get help for religious reasons, police say
Source: The Washington Post By Lindsey Bever In video sermons, the man railed against vaccines, “bad medicine” and doctors whom he deemed to be “priesthoods of the medical cult.” And he […]
When It Comes to Breastfeeding, This Is Why Women Never Feel Like They’re Right
Source: Time By SUSANNA SCHROBSDORFF There may be nobody as vulnerable to manipulation as a mother worried about her child’s health. The question of whether we’re doing right by our kids […]
More States Are Pushing for ‘Free-Range Parenting’ Laws. Here’s What That Means
Source: Time By LINDSAY WHITEHURST / AP (SALT LAKE CITY) — After Utah passed the country’s first law legalizing so-called free-range parenting, groups in states from New York to Texas are pushing for similar steps to bolster the idea that supporters say is an antidote for anxiety-plagued parents and overscheduled kids. […]
Catholic church fights smacking ban
Source: The Times By Marc Horne The Catholic church has stirred up controversy by indicating that it will oppose a Scottish law banning parents from smacking their children. The country is […]
I Use My Phone While I Breastfeed. I’m Not a Bad Mother
Source: Time By ANYA KAMENETZ January 29, 2018 IDEAS Kamenetz is an education correspondent for NPR I often have my phone in my hand while breastfeeding my one-year-old daughter. This isn’t […]
Muslim father ‘ordered’ by judge not to impose Islam on his children
Source: Independent BY Samuel Osborne A Muslim father whose three children are being cared for by a Christian foster family was told by a judge he must not “pressure” them about Islam. […]
Melinda Gates Shares the Essential Quality She Inherited From Her Father
Source: Motto By Melinda Gates Melinda Gates is a businesswoman and philanthropist. She is co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. June 16, 2017 ‘His need to uncover the […]
Melinda Gates: How I Raised a Feminist Son
Source: Time By Melinda Gates When my son Rory was born, I spent a lot of time imagining what this little person would be like when he grew up. Now, […]
Parents make a big difference just by talking
Source: BBC By Andreas Schleicher OECD education director Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES The think tank’s education director Andreas Schleicher explains how much positive impact can come from simple changes such as […]
Five Ways to Transform Your Kids’ Screen Time
Source: Time By Devorah Heitner Screen time is not what it used to be. The digital devices our kids are using today may frustrate us, annoy us, or even scare […]
Swedish mum’s battle against sugar goes viral
Source: BBC Swedish mother’s successful stand against sugar has turned her into a social media sensation. Anna Larsson decided to cut out sweet treats after realising how bad her young […]
‘She terrorises us’: How entitled children are making their parents’ lives hell
The Sydney Morning Herald: by Cosima Marriner & Rachel Browne — “She terrorises us.” That’s how bad it is for Steve Richardson* and his wife when their 17-year-old daughter is at home.Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd says domestic violence victims get all the support they need. Olivia has dropped out of school […]
Pope Francis encourages mothers to breastfeed in Sistine Chapel
Source: The Guardian Pope Francis has encouraged women attending a ceremony in the Sistine Chapel to feel free to breastfeed their children in the church. “The ceremony is a little […]