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.
We think answering a quick email while in the company of our children is a harmless compromise. But to our teens, it looks like we are rejecting them. New science reveals how our after hours work impacts adolescent mental health.
It can feel like wasting money on 'fake' items. But for your child, digital assets and skins are a ticket to social belonging. We explain the science behind the screen and how to handle the requests.
Does your child try to "train" their apps, content and social media feeds. Understand why they do it and help your child turn digital myths into media literacy.
