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Poll Finds Just How How Much We're Sheltering Our Kids & It's Bad
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by on August 27, 2025August 27, 2025

Poll Finds Just How How Much We're Sheltering Our Kids & It's Bad

Daniel Balakov/E+/Getty Images We often compare today’s childhood experiences to our own growing up in the 80s and 90s — and the differences are stark. While we often roamed freely (and without watches, phones, or Air Tags) until the street lights came on, our kids are much more scheduled and supervised. Now, a new survey...

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This Dad Has An Easy Way To Help Kids Be More Adaptable & Patient
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by on August 27, 2025August 27, 2025

This Dad Has An Easy Way To Help Kids Be More Adaptable & Patient

growth mindset parenting / tiktok One dad on TikTok has an important message for parents: if you want them to be amenable, patient, and flexible, you need to let them be uncomfortable for a moment or two. One simple way to help? Stop skipping songs they don’t like in the car. That’s right! Make them...

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Did You Know Dads Can Accidentally Promote People Pleasing Behavior In Their Kids?.
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by on August 22, 2025August 22, 2025

Did You Know Dads Can Accidentally Promote People Pleasing Behavior In Their Kids?.

Codependency Kate / TikTok A licensed family and marriage therapist, Kate Gray, wants to help dads do a little better because they might be (unintentionally) making their kids into people-pleasers. In her now-viral TikTok video, Gray shares how dads might accidentally instill certain pleasing behaviors in their kids and how to stop that in its...

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