- Parents and caregivers are essential to children’s healthy development
Parents and caregivers must prepare for the upcoming changes in the parent-child relationship; teens will begin to detach to a greater degree from existing family bonds and focus more on their peers and the outside world This quest for greater independence and autonomy is a natural part of the developmental process in adolescence
- What advice do psychologists have to offer on how parents can manage . . .
Parenting, while rewarding, brings significant challenges and stress, often leading to burnout This article explores parental burnout, its impact, and offers practical advice from psychologists on managing stress and finding support
- Question about the possessive plural: parent’s or parents’?
Parents’ is used in the plural form for both parents, so there is an apostrophe after the letter -s, as in parents’ house This is because the word is first pluralized to parents with the addition of the letter -s and then cannot have another -s added to show possession, thus an apostrophe is added in front of the whole
- Keeping teens safe on social media: What parents should know to protect . . .
A multipronged approach to social media management, including time limits, parental monitoring and supervision, and ongoing discussions about social media can help parents protect teens’ brain development
- Can parents say no to LGBTQ+ books in public schools?
Taylor, regarding First Amendment rights of parents to opt out of LGBTQ+-inclusive curriculum in public schools Parents in Montgomery County, Maryland, sued the school district for including storybooks with LGBTQ+ themes in an English Language Arts curriculum, arguing they were not allowed to opt their children out
- Parenting - American Psychological Association (APA)
The job of parenting aims to ensure children’s health and safety, prepare children for life as productive adults, transmit cultural values, and more
- Your teen turned to AI instead of you. What experts say parents can do
If parents and caregivers suspect loneliness is an underlying cause of AI use, Goodman encourages parents to help their teens build those connections in age-appropriate ways like through school activities, community groups, or other social opportunities
- Perfectionism and the high-stakes culture of success: The hidden toll . . .
Parents can help their children develop a sense of mattering just by spending plenty of positive time with them, Flett said The more time, the better, he said, with a focus on engaged and warm interactions that show the parent is interested in the child and paying attention instead of looking at a phone or laptop
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