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Kids Who Feel Connected with Nature Are Happier—and More Likely to Befriend, Help, and Share

By Gwen Sewar — 2020

Does your child feel connected with nature? Researchers can measure these feelings with a standard questionnaire, and they've discovered fascinating links. Nature-loving children are happier. They experience fewer behavior problems. And they are more likely to treat others with kindness.

Read on www.parentingscience.com

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How to Raise a Gender-Neutral Baby

More and more parents are deciding to raise their kids gender-neutral. Experts explain what it is, when parents should start, and how it affects a child's development.

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Alana Bracken
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I Let My Child Create Their Own Gender Identity. The Experience Has Been a Gift for Us Both

We weren’t going to assign a gender or disclose their reproductive anatomy to people who didn’t need to know, and we were going to use the gender-neutral personal pronouns they, them and their.

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Kyl Myers
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Explaining Nonbinary: How to Talk to Kids About Gender

Gender isn't limited to boys and girls, so it's time to break the habit of assuming people must be one or the other. The best place to start? Teaching the right concepts to our children.

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Amber Leventry
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The Hardest Part of Having a Nonbinary Kid Is Other People

A mother recounts the pushback she received from her own family in raising a gender-nonconforming child.

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Sandy Jorgenson
2020
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