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fromSilicon Canals
18 hours agoMillennial parents have access to more parenting research than any previous generation in history and are also reporting the highest levels of parental anxiety on record, and the connection between those two facts is something behavioral scientists are still trying to fully describe - but it has something to do with the difference between knowledge and certainty - Silicon Canals
Modern parenting is defined by information overload, leading to increased anxiety and uncertainty among millennial parents.
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fromSilicon Canals
22 hours agoI'm 66 and last week I told my son I was proud of him. The way he went quiet taught me that grown children still need to hear the words we assume they already know - Silicon Canals
Expressing pride can have a profound impact on relationships, even when it seems obvious.
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fromwww.businessinsider.com
16 hours agoI ran a life skills camp for middle school kids. They learned to do laundry, cook dinner, and navigate Chicago without phones.
Kristin Howard founded 'Going Up,' a camp teaching life skills to middle schoolers, emphasizing childhood independence and resilience in 2024.
#child-development
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fromPsychology Today
4 days agoUnderstanding Why Your Child Does Not Listen
Listening is a learned skill for children, not an inherent trait, and requires consistent teaching and understanding of their developmental stage.
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fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoThe people who grew up being described as the easy child are often the ones who, later in life, are quietly realizing they were never actually easy - they were just unseen - Silicon Canals
The label of 'easy child' often masks deeper issues of unmet needs and emotional neglect.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoThe people who were praised for being mature as children and punished for being needy as adults, and the decades it takes to untangle which one was actually true - Silicon Canals
Maturity in children often reflects adult expectations, leading to long-term consequences for the child's emotional development.
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fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoThe people who grew up being described as the easy child are often the ones who, later in life, are quietly realizing they were never actually easy - they were just unseen - Silicon Canals
The label of 'easy child' often masks deeper issues of unmet needs and emotional neglect.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoThe people who were praised for being mature as children and punished for being needy as adults, and the decades it takes to untangle which one was actually true - Silicon Canals
Maturity in children often reflects adult expectations, leading to long-term consequences for the child's emotional development.
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fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoThere's a specific kind of adult who can't enjoy a gift without immediately calculating what it cost the giver, and it isn't thoughtfulness, it's a residual scan from a childhood where everything received was followed by a reminder of the sacrifice it required - Silicon Canals
Receiving gifts can trigger guilt and anxiety due to past experiences of associating gifts with hidden costs.
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fromIndependent
2 days agoMichael Houghton: 'My son hasn't quite realised that the 500 or so he might receive for his first communion represents only a fraction of what the day will cost us'
A child's first holy communion is celebrated with excitement, primarily driven by the anticipation of monetary gifts.
#family-dynamics
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fromSlate Magazine
2 days agoWe Thought the Grandparents Approved of Our Plans for After the Baby's Arrival. Then I Learned What My Mom Really Thinks.
New parents should prioritize their needs and set boundaries regarding family visits after the baby's birth.
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fromSlate Magazine
3 days agoMy Stepdaughter Is a New Mom. She Should Feel Absurdly Guilty About How She Got the Baby.
Family dynamics can be severely impacted by betrayal, leading to complex emotions and challenges in maintaining relationships.
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fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoI'm in my 60s and the hardest thing about being a parent wasn't the tiredness or the responsibility, it was watching my daughter expect good things to happen to her and realizing I'd spent my entire life bracing for bad ones, and I have no idea how to teach her something I never learned. - Silicon Canals
Anticipatory anxiety shapes perceptions and behaviors, contrasting the hopeful innocence of children with the cautious mindset developed through life experiences.
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fromFortune
5 days ago'Godmother of Silicon Valley' Esther Wojcicki, mother of the YouTube and 23andMe CEOs, shares her secret to raising future leaders | Fortune
Esther Wojcicki's parenting philosophy emphasizes learning through failure and fostering creativity, critical thinking, and kindness in children.
#childhood
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fromSilicon Canals
6 days agoChildren who grew up in the 1960s and 70s without structured schedules didn't just learn independence - they built an internal compass that modern children, supervised into adolescence, are rarely given the chance to develop - Silicon Canals
Children today have less freedom and fewer opportunities to solve problems independently compared to previous generations.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoI'm 66 and I grew up in a house where my father worked sixty-hour weeks and never once told me he was proud of me - and I did the exact same thing to my sons before I realized the silence wasn't strength, it was a pattern I'd inherited like the color of my eyes - Silicon Canals
Emotional expression in father-son relationships can be deeply affected by generational patterns of communication.
fromPeople.com
1 week agoAmerican Mom Living in Greece Says the Country Restored Her 'Faith in Humanity,' but Reveals Biggest Culture Shocks (Exclusive)
"I was looking around in different Facebook groups, and I got connected to a world schooling Facebook group, and it was all about families who basically travel with their kids, and they teach them through traveling."
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fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoI'm 66 and my son asked me what I'd do differently if I could live my life again and I said "nothing" and it's the most dishonest thing I've said in years - because the real answer involves a girl from 1984 and a job I should have taken and a conversation with my father I should have had before the stroke made it impossible, but you don't hand that list to your child because it rewrites the math that led to him - Silicon Canals
Life is messy, filled with wrong turns and missed chances, contrary to the notion that every choice leads to a perfect outcome.
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