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The Fragile Generation

By Lenore Skenazy, Jonathan Haidt — 2017

Bad policy and paranoid parenting are making kids too safe to succeed.

Read on reason.com

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The Importance of Child Mental Health and Happiness

“What can I do to positively affect the mental health of the children I encounter?”

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Kori D. Miller
2021
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Complete Guide to Getting Good Care

When a child is struggling, or his behavior worries you, it can be hard to know whether you need to reach out to a professional. And if you do seek help, what kind of professional, and what kind of treatment, are right for your child? This guide is also offered in Spanish.

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Child Mind Institute Content Team
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12 Tips for Raising Confident Kids

Here's how to build self worth in children and help them feel they can handle what comes their way.

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Child Mind Institute
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How Passive Aggression Hurts Children

Couples can communicate anger in all kinds of nonverbal ways: giving each other dirty looks or the silent treatment, for example.

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Cindy Lamothe
2016
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Cultivating Empathy in My Children, from a Neuroscience Perspective

Empathy is divided into cognitive, emotional and applied empathy, all of which are valuable. For empathy to truly be useful to the human condition, our kids must have applied empathy, or compassion.

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Erin Clabough
2019
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Is Your Child an Empath? Tips for Raising Empathic Children

An excerpt from Judith Orloff’s "The Empath’s Survival Guide."

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Judith Orloff
2017
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Three Ways to Raise Empathic Kids So They Become Compassionate Adults

Considering how to make the children in our lives better people helps us reflect on how we ourselves can be more compassionate.

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Patricia Rockman, Evan Collins
2019
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Resilience Guide for Parents and Teachers

Children’s problems include adapting to a new classroom, bullying by classmates, or abuse at home, but resilience is the ability to thrive despite these challenges.

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Mary K. Alvord, Robin Gurwitch, Jana Martin, Ronald S. Palomares
2012
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How to Raise a Resilient Kid But Not a Stubborn Loner

Resiliency is about standing back and letting them fail, yes. But there’s far more to it than that.

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Lizzy Francis
2020
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Help Your Child with High Functioning Autism Manage Emotions

Children with autism may become emotional for different reasons or express their emotions differently, but they have just as many feelings as anyone else.

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Lisa Jo Rudy
2019
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Helping Children Deal with Emotions