Parenting
fromPsychology Today
1 hour ago3 Reasons to Stop Hiding Your Bad Habits From Your Kids
Parenting involves modeling honesty and resilience, as hiding flaws can distort children's moral development and trust.
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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoThe people who apologize the fastest in any disagreement aren't the most empathetic people in the room. They're the ones who learned early that conflict had a cost they couldn't afford, and the apology isn't resolution, it's a payment to make the danger stop. - Silicon Canals
A child's relationship with their mother predicts their security in all adult relationships, not just romantic ones.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoThere's a generation of people who were praised exclusively for being easy to deal with, and they became adults who genuinely cannot tell the difference between being content and being convenient. The two feelings merged so early that separating them now feels like surgery. - Silicon Canals
A false ground in electrical work symbolizes individuals raised to be easy, appearing fine but lacking true grounding in their own needs.
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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days agoThere's a generation of men who became their mother's therapist before they turned twelve, and they grew into adults who can read a room in seconds but have no idea how to sit in one without scanning for danger - Silicon Canals
Boys often learn emotional intelligence as a defense mechanism due to emotional parentification, impacting their adult relationships and emotional health.
Parenting
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoI'm 37 and my daughter just said sorry for laughing too loud and I recognized the exact moment a child starts editing herself because I remember the day I did it too, and I remember who taught me. - Silicon Canals
Children often self-regulate their joy, but this can lead to unnecessary apologies for natural expressions of happiness.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks agoI grew up in a house where my father's mood determined the temperature of every room. I didn't realize until my thirties that I'd married someone whose moods I could predict because unpredictability was the one thing my nervous system refused to tolerate twice. - Silicon Canals
Children from emotionally volatile households become adept at reading emotions, which can negatively impact their adult relationships due to their need for emotional predictability.
Parenting
fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoPeople who grew up being the one their parents confided in didn't become mature faster. They became adults who can't tell the difference between being trusted and being used, because the two things arrived in the same conversation and nobody told them those were different experiences. - Silicon Canals
Emotional parentification involves children taking on adult roles, leading to hypervigilance rather than true emotional maturity.
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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks agoPsychologists explain that people born in the 1950s aren't just resilient - they're the last generation raised with the assumption that life owed them nothing, which created a baseline expectation of hardship that inoculated them against the entitlement that erodes persistence - Silicon Canals
Resilience is built through exposure to manageable stressors without adult intervention, shaping persistence and independence in individuals.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoNobody teaches children how to know their own worth - we teach them to perform, to achieve, and to behave, and then wonder why so many adults reach fifty still measuring themselves against someone else's ruler - Silicon Canals
Self-worth is inherent and not based on achievements or external validation.
fromDaily Mom magazine
2 weeks agoSpecial Needs Summer Camp For Children, Special Needs Camp
Special needs summer camps are specialized programs designed for children and young adults with a range of disabilities, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ADHD, Down syndrome, and other developmental or physical challenges.
Parenting
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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoPeople who grew up being told they were too sensitive didn't become less sensitive. They became editors. Every reaction now passes through a filter that decides whether the feeling is proportionate enough to be allowed out, and that filtering process is so automatic they genuinely believe they're calm when they're actually curating. - Silicon Canals
Sensitive children often suppress their emotions, leading to automated behaviors that mask true feelings.
Parenting
fromwww.businessinsider.com
1 week agoGavin Rossdale says co-parenting with Gwen Stefani does not require doing things the same way
Co-parenting between Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani works despite their different approaches, focusing on their children's well-being and character development.
fromScary Mommy
1 week agoYour Kid Can Be A More Inclusive Friend With Sesame Workshop's New Autism Resources
The Sesame Workshop resources want the same for everyone. They are meant to help facilitate safe, inclusive group settings by giving children (and adults!) tips and engagement ideas for reaching out to someone, inviting others into your play, and offering encouragement to a kiddo who might feel a little uncertain or left out.
Parenting
fromFast Company
1 week agoYouTube blasted by hundreds of experts over 'AI slop' videos served up to kids
"This 'AI slop' harms children's development by distorting their sense of reality, overwhelming their learning processes and hijacking their attention, thereby extending time online and displacing offline activities necessary for their healthy development."
Education
Board games
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 weeks agoThe Ping Pong Tables at This French School Have No Rules - Yanko Design
Exercice's Ping Pong Park challenges traditional play by introducing innovative table designs that encourage experimentation and social interaction among children.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks agoEvery child wants to find joy': the scheme designing playground equipment for disaster zones
Meininger, who grew up in Germany but now lives in London, likes making things. So when he saw how much his young sons enjoyed the jungle gym and play forts at the local park, he made an indoor treehouse for them.
Parenting
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoPeople who were labeled 'the easy child' often became adults who confuse having no needs with being low maintenance, and the difference between those two things is about thirty years of unasked questions - Silicon Canals
Easy children often grow into adults who suppress their needs, leading to quiet suffering despite appearing content.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoPeople who were always told they were mature for their age weren't complimented. They were recruited. And the difference between those two things explains most of their adult exhaustion. - Silicon Canals
Being labeled 'mature for your age' can create a lifelong pressure to meet adult expectations, hindering childhood development.
Parenting
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoI meditated every morning for three years and I was still the most reactive person in every room I walked into - and a monk in Thailand told me the problem wasn't my practice, it was that I was using stillness as preparation for chaos instead of learning to find stillness inside the chaos itself - Silicon Canals
Emotional neglect occurs when parents provide materially but fail to be emotionally present for their children.
Parenting
fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks ago7 signs you were the emotional translator between your parents as a child and it permanently changed the way your brain processes your own feelings as an adult - Silicon Canals
Parentification leads children to assume adult caregiving roles, impacting their emotional processing and self-awareness into adulthood.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks agoPsychology explains people who grew up in the 1960s aren't just tougher - they developed a specific kind of resilience that comes from being raised in an era when emotional comfort wasn't considered a basic right - Silicon Canals
Baumrind's research on parenting styles reveals a decline in resilience among children raised in emotionally distant environments.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 weeks agoChildren who were praised for being helpful and easy often become adults who are remarkably kind and deeply lonely at the same time - because they learned that being low-maintenance was how you earned love, and now they can't ask for what they need without feeling like a burden - Silicon Canals
Conditional praise can lead to emotional costs and a sense of conditional love in children, impacting their adult relationships and self-perception.
Digital life
fromBusiness Insider
4 weeks agoHow tech CEOs and leaders balance AI, gaming, and social media for their families
Tech leaders balance screen time restrictions with technology access, typically limiting young children to 1-2 hours weekly while emphasizing communication and creative use over passive consumption.
Parenting
fromSlate Magazine
1 month agoMy Mother-in-Law Is Threatening Our Son With a New Boogeyman-Except This One's Real
A grandmother's negative comments about her ex-husband to her young grandchild require the child's father to address the behavior directly, as the mother's repeated requests have been ineffective.
Parenting
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month agoCalls for AI toy regulations over fears for children's psychological safety'
University of Cambridge researchers warn that AI toys misread children's emotions and lack proper safety standards, raising concerns about their impact on early childhood development.
Parenting
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month agoAI toys for young children need tighter rules, researchers warn
Researchers call for stricter regulation of AI-powered toys for toddlers after finding they frequently misunderstand children, respond inappropriately to emotions, and may confuse early social development.
Parenting
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month agoAI toys for young children must be more tightly regulated, say researchers
AI-powered toys for young children struggle with social play, misunderstand emotions, and respond inappropriately, prompting calls for stricter regulation and safety standards to protect psychological development.
Parenting
fromSilicon Canals
1 month agoI asked 11 parents what their biggest parenting regret is and every single one described something they said rather than something they did - and the consistency of that pattern suggests that children's ears are more precise instruments than parents realize - Silicon Canals
Parents' spoken words create lasting regrets more than their actions, with negative statements profoundly shaping children's self-perception and identity development.
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