parenting

This article is for information about parenting, the delicate art of raising children.

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Articles

• ADHD camps
• childcare:
  • United States
    • Athens, GA
• computing for kids
• home schooling

Links

Reference

• Wikipedia

News

• 2007-11-19 Are the family clichés true? "The middle one's always difficult, the eldest is a bossy boots and the youngest is a tearaway. But are the family clichés true? Finally, scientists have the answer."
• 2006-02-19 Online time may foster youngster's social involvement (related)
• 2006-02-07 Depression may be lifelong parent trap, FSU study says: parents are more depressed than non-parents
• 2006-01-31 research on millennial generation (kids born 1992-2006)
• 2005-12-21 Sociological study finds parenthood does not make people happier
• 2005-12-20 Mom and dad are key to how we handle stress
• 2005-12-19 Neuroscientist takes issue with antidepressants for children
• 2005-12-13 Mental health of children most harmed before divorce
• 2005-11-13 Spanking Leads To Child Aggression And Anxiety, Regardless Of Cultural Norm
• 2005-11-16 ...Connection Between Early-life Stress And Teenage Mental Health Problems
• 2005-11-21
  • Psychologists glimpse biological imprint of childhood neglect
  • research on teen moms refutes conventional wisdom: Early motherhood may not ruin their lives

People

• Alice Miller (1923-), psychologist with theories about child abuse

Perspectives

• 2007-06-17 Dads: Could these letters be about you? by Leonard Pitts Jr.
• 2007-05-09 video Here's some Total Momsense: words of Momly wisdom by Anita Renfroe, sung to the tune of the William Tell Overture
• 2007 jan/feb Rethinking Homework by Alfie Kohn
• 2007-01-07 What Do We Do For Our Kids? by Orson Scott Card: gets a bit moralistic on the subject of divorce, but makes some good points about parenting fads
• 2006-11-12 Building Better Children by Orson Scott Card
• 2006-09-17 Homework, Part I and Part II by Orson Scott Card
• 2003-02 Why Nerds are Unpopular by Paul Graham: long and very on-target essay about some of the problems with school from a non-conformist perspective
• Robert A. Heinlein's take on parenting, as analyzed by Rafeeq O. McGiveron, University of Texas at Brownsville (note: page possibly subject to removal after June, 2007)
• How Not to Talk to Your Kids: The Inverse Power of Praise. by Po Bronson

Projects

• CafeMom: "a place for moms" (looks like blogging/social site)
• Mother Talkers: "Rants and Raves on Modern Motherhood" (collaborative site)
• The Natural Child Project: essays by parenting professionals (mostly?)

Resources

• Kiddie Records Weekly "Classics from the Golden Age": freely downloadable MP3s of children's records from the mid-1940s to early 1950s

Topics

• Homeschooling & Homebrew Education
  • Homeschooling Blog Carnival
  • AboutSF Lessons Library

Wanted Articles

• Different types of problem behavior, and techniques which have been tried (whether or not they have worked)
• Early identification of mental/processing issues such as ADHD, Asperger's, autism (especially "high-functioning" varieties), dyslexia, gender dysphoria, Tourette's

Quotes

• "[E]verybody who has ever had to do with children knows that a suitable diet does more to make them virtuous than the most eloquent preaching in the world." – Bertrand Russell [1]