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Should you push your child to do better, why music makes stronger students, getting siblings to work it out, and more.
And Then There Were Two: My Tiny Humans
There is a new tiny human in their home, writes Natalie Moutafis. She tells how she is soaking up the precious moments.
Best of the Web: the Family Dog is your Teen’s Best Friend, When your Sibling is your Bully, Kids Tell Parents What they Think of Them, and more…
Our selection of thought-provoking and useful articles from around the web on educating and raising children.
Mothers Tell their Stories of Navigating Work and Childcare, over the Generations
Public debates about mothers and work remain mired in the rational and economic, writes Carla Pascoe Leahy. But her interviews with generations of Australian mothers revealed that emotions played a big part in their decisions.
Making better dads
The Fathering Project is helping to equip fathers become the best dads they can be. Shane Green reports on how a simple idea of Dads' Groups based around school communities is making a profound difference on men and their families.
Best of the Web: Dads Breaking Down Gender Stereotypes, Hard Work doesn’t Always Pay Off, and Navigating Parent-Teacher Interviews, and more
Our selection of thought-provoking and useful articles from around the web on educating and raising children.
How to build healthy motivation in your child
New work from researchers at Harvard University looks at how we can help children develop the right kind of motivation, writes Grace Tatter.
Best of the Web: Making a Thriving Child, and more…
Raising a child that thrives, childhood obesity, concierge parents, and the school camp blues
Best of Web: Why Homework Matters, and more…
The importance of homework, nurturing parenting, coping with traumatic news, and giving kids hands-on money experience.