Geared for Life

26/06/2022

In many kindergartens in Israel, there is typical disturbing behavior of children. They stop drawing and scribbling, and if they do, they become frustrated and say their drawings are ugly.

01/06/2022

A long-term study of a statewide preschool program tracked students through the sixth grade and found those who attended prekindergarten falling behind.

31/05/2022

One of the largest gold-standard studies on arts education ever conducted finds measurable benefits to giving students more music, theater, and dance.

30/05/2022

Here are the core elements of early life that typically lead to professional success.

09/05/2022

A new study found the brains of 3- to 5-year-old children who overused screens were not as developed in areas needed for language, writing and cognitive skills.

07/05/2022

Excerpted from The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed by Jessica Lahey. Out now from HarperCollins...

07/05/2022

While approaches may differ, the importance of free time to play is increasingly being recognised

29/04/2022

March 21, 2019 · I will sit with you every night until you fall asleep, until you need me no more Some days I long for bedtime to come so I can grasp onto some adult time. A time in which the house is free of noise, demands from children, questions, chaos. A chance to reboot, hear myself think...

29/04/2022

Parents, You Can Reverse Generations of Emotional Neglect By Doing 3 Small Things Can well-meaning, loving parents fail their child emotionally? Surprisingly, and unfortunately, the answer is yes. It is possible for even the most caring and well-intentioned parents to be emotionally neglectful. In f...

25/04/2022

Thrivers are raised, not born. Through her decades of research, psychologist and parenting expert Michele Borba found seven traits kids need in order to become resilient, mentally strong and self-aware adults. Here's how parents can teach them.

20/04/2022

20/04/2022

It’s good to feel needed, but when we become parents, we realize we never knew “needy”. As Magda Ge**er aptly noted, parenting brings with it a “feeling of un-freeness”, whether we’re in the presence of our children or not. Toward the end of the first year of life (when children become m...