By Patrice Peck — 2021
Mother-daughter bonds within the Black community can be powerful counters against systemic oppression. We invited four moms to share their wisdom in open letters to their daughters.
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The GOP candidate is creating fear and confusion in children, especially kids of color. Here are three suggestions for talking with kids about race and racism in the media.
All kids feel anxious or stressed sometimes, like when they’re getting ready for a big test. But kids who learn and think differently may feel stress more often or more intensely. Self-soothing techniques can help them relax and regain their sense of control.
It can be hard for parents to know when to step in, what support to offer, and when to stay out of their child's fight. Learn more about how to teach your kids to manage disagreements with their friends.
If you think about it, our children must be separated from us for eight to 12 hours while they sleep. Mornings are a great opportunity to reconnect with your child after all of those hours of separation.
A lot of children today fall apart when they experience disappointing setbacks.
Even for a psychologist who studies how kids understand racism and violence, talking to her own children about it is difficult.
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Why the obsession with our kids’ happiness may be dooming them to unhappy adulthoods. A therapist and mother reports.
Couples can communicate anger in all kinds of nonverbal ways: giving each other dirty looks or the silent treatment, for example.
“You’re always communicating about race, whether you talk about it or not.”
As a marriage dissolves, some parents find themselves asking questions like, “Should we stay together for the kids?” Other parents find divorce is their only option.