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Play

How to Transition From Dependent to Independent Play

Independent play is a skill, not a personality trait. Some children walk into it more easily; all children can build it. The realistic targets, based...

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Play

When a Child Does Not Know How to Play Alone

"My child can't play alone for two minutes" is one of the most common things parents tell me, and it's almost never about the child being defective at...

8 min read

Parenting

Support for Single Parents

The research literature on single-parent families is more useful than the cultural conversation about them. Decades of work, including landmark review...

8 min read

Emotions

How Lack of Support Drives Up Parental Stress

The phrase "it takes a village" is now mostly used ironically by parents who don't have one. Across most of human history and most of the world today,...

5 min read

Daycare

Why Parental Support Is Essential for a Child

A good daycare gives your child play, peers, naps, lunch, and adults who care about them. It does not give them you. The relationship a child has with...

7 min read

Daycare

The Role of Family in Successful Daycare Attendance

Picking a good daycare matters. What happens before drop-off and after pickup matters about as much. The morning routine, the handoff at the door, the...

5 min read

Family Life

How to Build a Support Network as a Parent

Parenting is the only major life undertaking most people attempt without a team. We expect new parents to assemble one, on their own, while sleep-depr...

8 min read