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That Chronic Coronavirus Stress Is Increasing Everyone's Allostatic Load
Chronic, heavy stress takes a toll on health. But how much is too much?
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How Kids Will Remember the Pandemic
You have some control over what your kids will remember. But can you — and should you — interfere?
Health & Science
What Having a Second Child Does to Your Marriage
When families welcome a second child into their world, they often welcome some unexpected surprises.
Love & Money
Puberty 2.0
When a man becomes a dad, his body changes. Hormones fluctuate. Emotions swirl. But it's a major transition he may not even notice.
Health & Science
Your Child Is Not There to Support You
Children are naturally empathic so it’s easy for moms and dads to place children in situations where they feel more like parents than children. But this behavior can be extremely damaging.
Father & Child Relationships
Why Kids Are Closer to Mom's Parents
Do mom's parents have an advantage over dad's? Not necessarily. But, as the role of gatekeeper is often thrust upon women, it's natural to lean on maternal grandparents.
Love & Money
There’s No Fix for Food Allergies. Parents on the Internet Still Want to Sell You a Cure.
Increasingly, food allergy parenting groups online are taking a page from anti-vaxxers and promoting conspiracies and medically dubious advice. For parents with allergic kids, it's disorienting — and dangerous.
Health & Science
The Isolating World of Men’s Grief
For too many men, grief is a misunderstood, isolating force that is diminished and dismissed by others. This needs to change.
Uncategorized
Mom Cuddles With the Kids, But Won’t Touch You. What Gives?
Many new moms feel "touched out" after a day of breastfeeding and constant affection from kids. It happens. Here's what to know — and how to be helpful.
Love & Money
How to Be a Good Husband to a Stay-at-Home Mom
It all comes down to managing expectations and a good deal of empathy.
Love & Money
Eat, Play, Love: The Science of Play and Its Impact on Childhood
For kids, play is a state of being. For parents, it’s an investment in time and money (just ask the $28 billion toy industry). But what, exactly, is play? Science has an answer.
Development
If You Need to Command Your Family's Respect, You've Already Lost It
Regardless of how it was lost, respect can be hard to get back. Commanding it isn’t the answer.
Love & Money
The Trouble With Maternal Instinct
Consciously or subconsciously, parents buy into the idea that women are natural caregivers. It's not true and it hurts everyone.
Love & Money
Parenting and the Mental Prison of Debt
Most parents dramatically underestimate the amount of money they’re going to spend when they have kids. Should we punish them for it?
Finances
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