The Art of Parenting

Some people say that you can apply Marie Kondo to kids. De-clutter their rooms, and both you and your children will experience more joy. A…

Almost four years ago, I sat in my daughter’s nursery, stressed and anxious. I felt the walls of parenthood pressing in. Our nanny had just…

In 1910, just 5% of American babies named “Charlie” were girls. Over 100 years later, girl Charlies took over their male counterparts for the first…

Homework is a fraught issue. Some people think it’s necessary to help kids learn; others think it’s a waste of time. And many parents are…

Wading through the research on technology and teens can feel fraught. Smartphones are either ruining our children, or a bunch of journalists and academics are…

To many, teenagers are mercurial creatures. They can be moody and defiant, and seem to spend disproportionate amounts of time worrying about what others think…

Good news, parents! Your kids’ empathy levels, or lack thereof, may not be all your fault. A new study, published today in Child Development, finds…

Most people associate the word “addiction” with problems like gambling, alcoholism or drug abuse. But look at a child bent intently over the electric-blue glow…

People who talked about how too much technology was bad for kids used to be labeled luddites and alarmists. Now the problem of tech addiction…

As any new mom can tell you, having a baby is no walk in the park. Beyond the physical toll of giving birth and the…

Parents are constantly being advised to reduce the amount of added sugar and fat in children’s diets and countries like England recently released new snack…

At an elementary school in the Jamaican Plains area of Boston in 2016, a student was caught distributing a photo of another boy using the…