How We Change As Parents – Often Without Knowing It
By the third child, parenting rules often loosen—sometimes in ways you don’t fully realize until a teacher email arrives. One dad reflects on how parenting evolves with each child.
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Protecting Kids from Harmful Online Ads
Children are the most valuable – and vulnerable – targets for online advertisers. Every day, brands and tech companies use sophisticated tools to track, profile, and influence kids, shaping their choices before they even know they’re being sold to. Mic …
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The Issues with Advertising to Children (and What Parents Can Do)
Bright, persuasive digital ads are shaping kids’ choices before they understand what marketing is. Parents can – and should – step in.
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Is AI Beneficial or Harmful to Education?
AI can personalize learning – or create dependence. The difference comes down to how parents help kids use these tools responsibly.
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What’s Scarier at a Beach? Sharks or Bad HR Policies?
Every time my daughter asked if there were sharks in the water, if jelly fish were going to sting her, if there were fish biting her toes, I said no. At this beach, I said she needed to worry about angry, mini-Bernadoodles running along the bottom of the ocean floor and nipping at her! When […]
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Breaking the Cycle: Healing Fathers and Helping Children
As parents we worry about how our kids use screens, but how fathers engage with technology can either break old patterns or pass them on. Ed Tilton, president of the Begin Again Institute, works with men to heal from past trauma and stop harmful behavi …
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How Parents Can (and Should) Control Childhood Tech
Sure, there’s a lot our children can learn on the internet, but there are plenty of websites, apps, and traps that they need to avoid. And it’s our job as parents to help them. Titania Jordan, a mom and the Chief Parent Officer and CMO at Bark, an inte …
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What If Video Games Aren’t Killing Your Kids’ Minds?
There are outdoor sports like football, soccer and tennis. And there are eSports like Fortnite and League of Legends. As parents, should…
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Understanding the World Through Your Child’s Eyes
A children’s movie revealed an unexpected parenting lesson: how media, friendships, and everyday conversations can quietly shape a child’s confidence – and how they see us as parents.
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Protecting Your Kids in the Digital Age
The internet is unavoidable – but unsupervised access is dangerous. Learn how fathers can set boundaries, use controls, and protect kids from online threats without fear tactics.
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How Much of Your Kids’ Summer Should Be Spent Outside?
As summer heats up, many parents wonder how much time kids should really spend outside. Here’s a realistic, research-backed approach to outdoor play – straight from a dad navigating summer with his son.
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10 Screen-Free Road Trip Activities
Long drives don’t need screens. Discover 10 screen-free road trip activities that keep kids engaged, creative, and connected along the way.
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