Family

Refuting the Techno-Myth and Reclaiming Childhood 4
- Education, Family, Featured, MomThink
- October 15, 2024
Screens are so pervasive in society that we tend to think of them as inevitable. They have become extensions of our bodies. We might think that technology in itself is neutral and is only good or bad depending on how one uses it. Catherine L’Ecuyer, a doctor in education and psychology, disagrees. L’Ecuyer is Canadian
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When Parents Track Kids at College 3
- Education, Family, MomThink
- October 14, 2024
A recent front-page article in The Wall Street Journal – “Surveillance Parents Face the Ultimate Firewall: Freshman Year” — described the difficulty — even agony — some parents are feeling when their kids go off to college and are harder to monitor and help from afar. I don’t blame parents for the fear and loss
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A Parenting Reality Check 0
- Family, MomThink
- September 30, 2024
Once again, readers, I. MUST. RANT. Why? I … just heard from a mom trying to get two other families to let their kids play with her kids in her yard for an hour a week. Unsupervised. AN HOUR A WEEK. She lives on a quiet street in quiet suburb in a quiet state. Classic
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Break Out of Bad Therapy: Gen Z’s Road to Resilience 3
- Family, Culture, Science
- September 26, 2024
In 2018, 1,200 Yale undergraduates crowded into one of the University’s largest venues, Battell Chapel, ready to listen and learn. But the students sitting in the glow of the chapel’s stained-glass windows, who comprised almost a quarter of Yale’s undergraduate population, were not there for a church service. They were there for the most popular
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Is There a Worldwide ‘Childcare Crisis’?2
- Family, MomThink
- September 25, 2024
Reports of a “childcare crisis” are bubbling up across America and across the globe. In Texas, Minnesota, Utah, Virginia, Nevada, Florida, Oregon, Arizona, North Dakota, California, Maine, and just about every other state you can think of, “childcare crisis” headlines are trending. The same is true in the UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, and elsewhere. So, are there simultaneous childcare
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The Great Awakening: A Mother’s Journey Through Pediatric Care 5
- Family, Featured, Health, MomThink, Science
- September 9, 2024
As a mother, I’ve always tried to do what’s best for my children. I trusted our pediatrician implicitly, believing that his advice was rooted in unquestionable medical expertise. However, the events of 2020 forced me to confront some uncomfortable truths about the medical care my children had been receiving. For years, I accepted without question
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