Parenting Insights
Research-backed guidance on child development, mindful parenting, and raising emotionally healthy children.
The Last Day Perspective: Being Truly Present with Your Child
In our hyperconnected world, we're physically present but mentally absent. Research shows that quality presence, not just proximity, shapes our children's development. What if you approached each day as if it were your last with them?
We Outsourced Parenting to the Algorithm. Now What?
82% of parents monitor their child's screen time weekly using AI-powered apps. We scan their messages for signs of self-harm. We filter their content across 28 categories. We've built a surveillance village to protect them from the digital world. But who's protecting them from the surveillance?
My 8-Year-Old Has Climate Anxiety. Here's What's Actually Helping.
Last month, my daughter woke up at 3am crying about polar bears. Not movie polar bears or storybook polar bears. Real ones. Dying because of something she calls 'the heat problem.' She's 8. And she's not wrong to be scared. But she also shouldn't be paralyzed. Here's how we're building climate resilience instead of climate terror.
The Kids Who Never Go to School (and Why They're Not Behind)
Three mornings a week, seven kids meet in a living room in Austin. They're ages 8-12. No desks. No standardized tests. No bells. By traditional metrics, they're not 'in school.' But they're learning calculus, building robots, and reading at college level. Welcome to the education revolution.
Your Child's Digital Shadow: The Legal Reckoning for Parent Influencers
By midnight on December 31st, family vloggers in California will need to have set aside 65% of their earnings in trust funds for the children appearing in their content. Minnesota follows in July. The message is clear: the free ride is over. Your child is not your content mill.
When 'Put On Your Shoes' Triggers a Meltdown: A Guide to Low Demand Parenting
If your child melts down at simple requests, refuses basic tasks, and seems to fight you on everything, they might have PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance). Traditional parenting advice will fail. Here's what works instead.
My Daughter Asked Me to Delete Her TikTok. I Should Have Listened Sooner.
Last Tuesday, my 12-year-old walked into the kitchen and said something that stopped me cold: 'Mom, I want you to delete all my apps.' No drama. No explanation. Just done. Turns out, she's part of a growing movement of kids who are opting out of the very technology we thought would define them.
Why Are 10-Year-Olds Buying Anti-Aging Serums?
Walk into any Sephora on a Saturday afternoon and you'll see them: packs of pre-teens testing $68 retinol creams, debating which vitamin C serum to buy, filming TikToks in front of the Drunk Elephant display. They're not playing dress-up. They're genuinely worried about aging. At age 10.
We Quit Everything. Here's What Happened.
Last September, we canceled soccer, piano, tutoring, and Saturday art class. My kids went from seven activities to zero. Everyone said we were making a huge mistake. Six months in, I've never seen my children happier.
The Ten Puppeteers: Understanding the Brain Chemicals That Run Your Child's Life
Behind every tantrum, every moment of joy, and every burst of focus lies a complex dance of ten key brain chemicals. Understanding these invisible conductors can transform how we parent, turning mysterious behaviors into predictable patterns we can actually work with.
Why I Stopped Being a 'Gentle Parent' (And What I Do Instead)
After three years of validating every tantrum and co-regulating through screaming fits, I hit a wall. The internet told me gentle parenting was the only way to raise emotionally healthy kids. My therapist told me I was headed for burnout. Here's what happened when I stopped apologizing for having boundaries.
Raising Global Citizens in a Fractured World: What Our Kids Actually Need to Know
My seven-year-old asked me if we were going to have World War III at bedtime last Tuesday. This is what parenting looks like in 2025, when the news cycle is relentless and our kids are absorbing more than we realize. How do we raise globally aware children without overwhelming them with the weight of the world?