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Parenting

Balancing Responsibilities and Recovery

The honest version of parenting young kids is that you're under-recovered for a long time. Not because you're doing it wrong — because the workload is...

7 min read

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When Digital Play Is Appropriate

The question "is digital play appropriate?" doesn't have a yes-or-no answer — it depends on the child's age, the content, the social context, the dura...

2 min read

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Stacking Blocks: From First Attempts to Building

A simple stack of wooden blocks is one of the most studied and reliably useful early toys. The stacking task requires the child to coordinate vision,...

2 min read

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How Much Independent Play Children Need

"How much should I leave them to it?" is a question most parents ask sideways, usually after a guilt spike about putting CBeebies on for 20 minutes. T...

4 min read

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Balance, Coordination, and Motor Skill Games

Balance and coordination are fundamental motor skills that develop through movement and play. Simple games and activities designed to challenge balanc...

4 min read

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Balance and Coordination Games With Blocks

Blocks are usually used at a table or floor level in sitting play, but they have another life as props for active movement play. Once a child is mobil...

2 min read

Parenting

The Authoritative Parenting Style and Its Impact on Children

"Authoritative" is one of those clinical terms that sounds drier than it is. In actual life, it's the parent who can say, "We're leaving the playgroun...

6 min read

Family Life

Working Motherhood and Family Balance

The honest first sentence about working motherhood is that the cultural conversation around it has not caught up to the data. Decades of research from...

14 min read