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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.
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...
Petal’s Weekly Picks for Top Parenting for the Future Stories: Should Kids Get Mental Health Days? 6 Things Happy Families Have in Common, Getting Ahead of Kids’ Inattention Issues, Creative Ways to Manage Screen Time, How to Stop Emotional Eating, Malala’s Dad on Pushing Equality at Home, Will Robots One Day Replace us as Parents?
As parents, we are constantly questioning whether we are doing enough for our children to ensure their success in the future. We worry about whether we are instilling in them core values such as a strong work ethic, or empathy. And with so much information coming...
Petal’s Weekly Picks for Top Parenting for the Future Stories: What The Future Looks Like for Special Needs Parents, Hiring Screen-Free Coaches, Science Says Parents Are Taking it Too Far, The Pros and Cons of Working From Home, Robots as Elder Carers, Automation and Its Impact on Jobs, How AI Rooted Out a Sexist Culture, and Humans Still Do Some Things Better than Robots.
The old saying “Man plans and God laughs” seems to ring eerily true these days as we -- and most notably our children -- face many unknowns for the future. As parents , we can’t help but imagine our children’s futures once they leave our nests. Now, more than...
Petal’s Weekly Picks for Top Parenting for the Future Stories: Teens Making Big Changes, Tackling Global Sanitation Issues, The Future of Work-Life Balance, 6 New Space Jobs for the Future, Why Kids Need a Side Hustle, Getting Your Kids to Move This Summer, Avoiding the “Summer Slide,” and How Cow Farts Are Contributing to Climate Change.
We are inundated daily by news of crises the world over -- the perils of climate change, war and genocide, political corruption -- just to name a few. For this reason, it’s not unusual to be anxious about the world our children stand to inherit, and what we can do...
Petal’s Weekly Picks for Top Parenting for the Future Stories: Mom’s Post on Parenting Son with Autism Hailed for Honesty, Celebrating the good and bad this July 4, Kids and Self-worth, The dangers of “Helicopter Parenting,” Motivating Your Kids, Parenting in Poverty, What to do When Kids Say the Darndest Things, and the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week.
As parents, we are charged with navigating our children through this tricky world, responsible for helping them develop the resilience to rise to life’s many challenges, and also to provide a safe harbor for them so they know we always have their backs. This is the...
Petal’s Weekly Picks for Top Parenting for the Future Stories: 5 child activists doing incredible things, Swedish preschools and gender biases, Teaching hard AND soft skills in school, Fostering self-awareness in kids, Keeping our kids safe from harmful YouTube content, A Sandy Hook mom’s very personal quest, and Throwing away the “working mom” guilt.
As summer gets into full swing and the streets, pools and beaches fill with kids, my thoughts turn to youngsters effecting big changes all over the world and in all areas of life. Frustrated by what many of them deem inaction by older generations, they have decided...
Petal’s Weekly Picks for Top Parenting for the Future Stories: The Secret of Being a Good Father, What Dads Can do To Help Their Daughters Succeed, Redefining Masculinity, Giving in to Gaming With Your Kids, and how Reading to Your Infant Can Benefit You Both.
This Father’s Day, I couldn’t help but think of how much the definition of a good dad has changed over time. Nowadays, dads are doing more hands-on parenting than ever before and have emerged as critical supports in their kids healthy development -- a far cry from...
Petal’s Weekly Picks for Top Parenting for the Future Stories: Preparing Kids for the 4th Industrial Revolution, Automation and its Impact on Working Women, AI and the Future of Work and Inequality, Overcoming Childhood Poverty, Schoolgirls Fighting to End Child Marriage, Football Uniting Kids Across Cultures and Can Technology Save Global Health and Education?
As the school year closes and kids head outdoors to take advantage of more screen-free activities, I can’t help but think about how much our lives, young and old, are dominated by technology. Several articles this week address how automation and artificial...
Petal’s Weekly Picks for Top Parenting for the Future Stories: Helping Your Kids Find Their Passions, A Magic Formula to Keep Kids Reading Through the Summer, Seven Life Skills To Ensure Your Kids Lead Happy Lives, Keeping Your Kids Safe Poolside This Summer, Simple Tricks to Make Traveling with Kids Better, How to Teach Kids to Appreciate Art, Sesame Street Tackles Financial Literacy, and How to Practice Safe Posting on Social Media.
Summer fever is spreading like wildfire as the weather becomes warmer and the days become longer. With school about to let out, I am looking forward slowing down and escaping and I was happy to find wonderful articles on everything from poolside safety to a...
Petal’s Weekly Picks for Top Parenting for the Future Stories: Raising Successful Kids, Talking to Your Kids About Mental Health, How to Handle Potentially Life-Threatening Social Media Posts, College Kids Reach Space, Millennial Finances, Advances in Autism Treatments, and Climate Change’s Impact on our Kids’ Health.
The link between social media and mental health continues to dominate headlines across the media landscape as we learn more about its impact on all of us, especially our kids. It seems we cannot escape the gloomy news nor the doomsday forecast for our kids as they...