Petal’s Weekly Picks for Top Parenting for the Future Stories: Companies Changing the World, 11 Amazing Examples of Disruptive Technology, 9 Disruptive Technology Trends for 2019, How to Stay Relevant in an Automated World, Are Universities Preparing Students for the Future of Work?, What a Couple of IPOs Means for the Future of Business, Parental Guilt is a Cultural Epidemic, One Indonesian Lawmaker Says “End Child Marriage Hell,” and Girls Not Brides — a White Paper.

by | Sep 3, 2019 | Inspiration, Picks of the Week, Uncategorized

With summer officially over and kids back to school this week, my thoughts turn to the promise of a new academic year and all that the future holds. With so much tech news filling my feed, I have spent much of my time this week reading about companies that are...

Petal’s Weekly Picks for Top Parenting for the Future Stories: Climate Change and Child Stunting, Climate Change and Children’s Health, Greta Thurnberg Inspiring Kids and Publishers, Saving Farmland for Future Generations, New WW App for Kids Causing Controversy, Online Radicalization and Mass Shootings, Six Proven Ways to Raise Kids to Be Change-Makers, and Toni Morrison Words of Wisdom on Parenting.

by | Aug 19, 2019 | Inspiration, Picks of the Week, Uncategorized

With each passing day, climate change becomes more of a threat to our planet and to humanity. This week, I am taking a closer look at the direct impact this global issue is having on our children. To begin, I read a study by the National Academy of Sciences which...

Petal’s Weekly Picks for Top Parenting for the Future Stories: 10 Secret Text Codes Teens Use, 11 Secret Emoji Messages Every Parent Should Know, 10 Reasons You Should Track a Child’sCell Phone or Computer, 12 New Teen Slang and Acronyms for 2019, 30 Emojis Used for Sexting, What Parents Need to Know About Cyberbullying, 9 Sexuality/Gender terms and Definitions Most Teens Know — But Most Parents Don’t, and the 30 Best Family Movies to Watch With Kids.

by | Aug 14, 2019 | Picks of the Week

Many Parents would argue that keeping track of teens and their tech use is the greatest challenge of parenting this generation — and they wouldn’t be wrong. For starters, many of us spend a lot of time negotiating (Read: arguing) screen time with our kids, and...

Petal’s Weekly Picks for Top Parenting for the Future Stories: Parenting a Child with Cancer, Parents’ Emotional Trauma May Change Kids’ Biology, When to Worry About Your Child’s Anxiety, Your Children Need to be BORED, 10 Middle-Schoolers Making Big Changes, Kindness is Innate But Not Inevitable, 16+ Summer Math Activities for Kids.

by | Aug 6, 2019 | Uncategorized

This week, I read a cross section of parenting articles that brought to mind how we, as parents, are responsible for creating balance in our kids’ lives. In today’s world, that can be very difficult with so much scary news from mass shootings to the threat of...

Petal’s Weekly Picks for Top Parenting for the Future Stories: Grannies for the Future, Fertility Preservation for Transgender and Non-Binary People, More Kids Want to Be YouTubers, Skate After School, 6 Life Lessons for Raising a Transgender Child, A Growing Child-Free By Choice Movement, Gov. Cuomo Signs Green New Deal, UK Activists and Lawmakers Revitalize Green New Deal.

by | Jul 30, 2019 | Uncategorized

As climate change becomes more dire with each passing year, we are forced to look at its far reaching effects beyond those that are most obvious. This week, I learned how a growing movement of people are choosing not to have children in an effort to reduce their...