Most parents think lifting weights is dangerous for children. Twenty years of paediatric consensus disagree, and the reason has more to do with the nervous system than with muscle.
Parents are told that writing by hand is vital for their child's growing brain, and that screens are eroding it. We sort the viral headlines from the solid evidence, and find the real benefit belongs to one group above all: children still learning their letters.
Your child's fussiness for food is mostly inherited, and most of the things parents try in order to fix it make it worse. Find out why young children refuse food, why it is rarely a parent's fault, and the unglamorous method that genuinely changes how they eat.
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We often blame addictive apps for our children’s screen habits. But new research reveals a deeper truth: teenagers turn to smartphones to manage feelings they cannot identify. This means we can help. By strengthening their emotional skills, we can break the cycle and move beyond the tech.
75% of parents want school phone bans, yet teens still scroll for over an hour during class. Why? The answer is uncomfortable: they are mirroring us. We explore the new data on why reclaiming their focus starts with us putting our own phones down.
