Decision making
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When to Take a Child to A&E After a Fall
Children fall constantly. Most of the time it's a bump, a cry, a hug, and back to play. The job for a parent is to know the relatively short list of s...
Parental Values: Where Upbringing Begins
Most days, parenting decisions get made fast. Time-out or time-in. Push the broccoli or move on. Help with the puzzle or wait. The decision speed make...
How to Set Priorities in Parenthood
The mismatch is not in your head. A typical day with a young child has roughly 14 waking hours, and almost all of them are already spoken for: feeding...
How to Filter Parenting Advice and Information
From well-meaning relatives to social media experts, parenting advice comes at you from all directions. Some of it is helpful; some contradicts other...
How Confidence in Parenting Decisions Is Formed
New parents often ask themselves, "How will I know if I'm doing this right?" The answer is that confidence isn't something that magically appears. It'...
How to Choose Resources Based on Your Needs
A parent today has access to roughly the same volume of parenting content as the medical literature had on pediatrics in 1950 — every week. The proble...
How to Choose Parenting Books Without Pressure
The parenting section at any bookstore is large enough to look like an emergency. Roughly 8,000 new parenting and child-development titles publish in...
Making Parenting Decisions Together
Every day brings parenting decisions: What should the child eat? How do we respond to aggression? Is the child old enough for this activity? Should we...
How to Tell if a Daycare Is a Good Fit for Your Child
The "best" daycare on a list is rarely the best one for any specific family. The right fit depends on a 2-year-old who needs 45 minutes to warm up to...