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The Importance of Parent-Child Attachment
Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change
This 5-minute video depicts a theory of change from the Frontiers of Innovation community for achieving breakthrough outcomes for vulnerable children and fam...
Warren Buffett Wants to Help Your Child Start a Small Business This Summer
Here are some kid-friendly business ideas and how make them successful.
How to End the Child-Care Crisis
A child’s first 1,000 days are a time to be seized.
The importance of childhood friendships, and how to nurture them
Early childhood friendship is something that is frequently overlooked as a positive developmental influence on a child. We don't always realize how attached young children are to their friends.
10 Things to Do When a Foster Child Is Returning Home
What do you do when a foster child is returning home? If you’ve had a foster child in your home for any length of time, you know how easy it is for foster parents to get attached. However, since reunification is always the original goal of foster care, what can a foster parent do when […]
How to Raise Creative Children
Three rules that might make your child a future Nobel Prize winner
Be a Role Model: Find a Healthy Balance with Media and Technology
Young kids learn how to use technology by watching their parents, so model healthy habits early by balancing media time with real time. Advice from Common Sense Media editors.
Dyslexia: The Learning Disability That Must Not Be Named
Many parents and teachers report that schools won't use the word dyslexia. Why might this be? And what is the Department of Education doing about it?
How Can Schools Tap Into Parent Power For the Good of Students?
A program pays teachers to visit students at home and meet with their family. The home visits have helped parents become better-informed advocates for their kids and stronger allies with teachers.
What to Know about Child Abuse
Although it's a mistake to become overprotective and make your child fearful, it is important to recognize the actual risks and familiarize yourself with the signs of abuse.
What Do Grown Children Owe Their Terrible, Abusive Parents?
What do we owe our tormentors? It’s a question that haunts those who had childhoods marked by years of neglect and deprivation, or of psychological, ph ...
Teach Your Daughter How to Deal With Bullies
If your child is being bullied, she'll need some help learning how to stand up for herself and when to get help.
Helping Young Children Learn to Make Friends
With school starting up again, it’s important that parents think about ways they can help their children succeed not only academically, but also socially.
Why Can’t We Stop Child Abuse?
Government agencies have been trying to protect children for nearly two hundred years. Why have they failed?
Looking for Some Parenting Advice? Here are 5 Websites for Latina Moms
While moms love their children no matter what language they speak, different cultures face different challenges when it comes to parenting.
Should Kids Have Cell Phones?
Do cell phones make kids safer — or more vulnerable? Most parents get kids phones because they seem like a way to keep children safe and connected. After all, with a cell phone, your child can contact you whenever he needs you. Also, you should be able to reach your child (assuming, of course, that she hasn’t lost the cell phone, buried it in a backpack, lent it to a friend, forgotten to turn the ringer on, or decided to ignore it when…
Parent Guide to Bullying
Bullying is a main source of violence in school. Parents play a vital role in recognizing signs, supporting courage, and helping their child.
How Child Abuse Primes the Brain for Future Mental Illness
A brain scan study pinpoints the changes associated with child abuse that may raise people's risk of depression, PTSD and addictions later in life.
Things Parents Should Know When a Child is Missing
Know the steps to take and what to do if your child is missing or if someone you know is ever faced with this nightmare scenario.
