Still being manipulated by your kids to give them what they want? Then, check out author David Swanson’s formulas for how parents can effectively respond to such tactics. Here’s the…
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Are you tired of your kid manipulating you and others in order to get what he wants? Then, check out author David Swanson’s formulas for how parents can effectively…
According to Help! My Kid is Driving Me Crazy, “Children demand instant gratification, and toward that end they use tools that they acquire through trial and error to satisfy short-term…
The owner of one of the most sophisticated art galleries in Richmond wants you to be a part of the city’s vibrant art scene. In fact, Page Bond says you…
“Your goal is nurturing, protecting, and strengthening your child so he can learn to operate in the world successfully,” argues David Swanson, author of Help – My Kid is Driving…
Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman conclude Nurture Shock with a look at gratitude. While it’s always been regarded as important, only recently have researchers come to believe gratitude is more…
“People simply cannot tell when kids are lying,” authors Bronson and Merryman argue. Despite parents’ claims otherwise, research actually reveals the opposite is true. And that’s not the only conventional…
“For decades, we assumed that children will only see race when society points it out to them…However, child development researchers have increasingly begun to question that presumption. They argue that…
For the first few minutes he was onstage, he seemed to have a hard time finding his groove. The audience from Open High School was restive. Richmond’s celebrity storyteller stuttered…
Her favorite day of the year is April 13. It’s not her birthday. It’s not the first day of spring. It’s the day Allison Gillman saw her cousin in a…
When my daughter was younger and in the middle of a meltdown, I tried to justify her behavior to my parents by saying, “She’s really tired.” I remember my mom…
According to Po Bronson and Ashley Merriman, authors of the Nurture Shock, new research suggests that if you tell your child she’s special, you’ll ruin her. “It’s a neurobiological fact,”…
