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WHY ARE BABIES SO DUMB IF HUMANS ARE SO SMART?
The New Yorker: As a species, humans are incredibly smart. We tell stories, create magnificent art and astounding technology, build cities, and explore space. We haven’t been around nearly as long as many other species
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Why Do We Judge Parents For Putting Kids At Perceived — But Unreal — Risk?
NPR: Many parents who grew up playing outdoors with friends, walking alone to the park or to school, and enjoying other moments of independent play are now raising children in a world with very different
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Your Screen-Time Rules or Mine?
The Wall Street Journal: It can be a sticky situation for parents: Your 8-year-old’s new friend plays videogames for several hours every day, but you set tight limits on your own child’s screen time. Or
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When to Let Children Quit
The Wall Street Journal: Your son hates the flute. He says he has and always will hate the flute. You are a strong and resolute parent. You wheedle, cajole, bribe and threaten him into practicing
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What Teens Need Most From Their Parents
The Wall Street Journal: The teenage years can be mystifying for parents. Sensible children turn scatter-brained or start having wild mood swings. Formerly level-headed adolescents ride in cars with dangerous drivers or take other foolish
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What Babies Know About Physics and Foreign Languages
The New York Times: Parents and policy makers have become obsessed with getting young children to learn more, faster. But the picture of early learning that drives them is exactly the opposite of the one