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The Thoughtful Parent
The Thoughtful Parent strives to translate academic child development and parenting research into easy-to-read information for parents.
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Research Reveals Genetic Links to Postpartum Depression
The Thoughtful Parent ― Any woman who has given birth knows the emotional upheaval that often follows this life-changing experience. For some women, however, this emotional roller coaster isn't a brief experience, but one that develops into postpartum depression.... (more)
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National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
The Thoughtful Parent ― Today is National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day. I've been making a point to blog about this for the past few years and you may wonder why. I feel this is an important issue because it is often overlooked. Like adults, children can have... (more)
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Posted 17 days ago
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Ultimate Blog Party 2012
The Thoughtful Parent ― It's time to break away from child development talk for a moment to do a little blog partying. I've been participating in 5 Minutes for Mom's Ultimate Blog Party since I first started by blog. It's a fun way to meet other bloggers and there are tons... (more)
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Posted on Apr 13th, 2012
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Targeting Children with Treats
The Thoughtful Parent ― I thought this infographic was important to share. It's enlightening and a little scary to see how advertisers target our children. Good to be aware of this and help your children understand the tactics advertisers use.Brought to you by Teach.com and... (more)
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Posted on Apr 1st, 2012
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Book Review: A Lethal Inheritance
The Thoughtful Parent ― I recently had the opportunity to read Victoria Costello's new book, A Lethal Inheritance: A Mother Uncovers the Science behind Three Generations of Mental Illness. As I mentioned in her guest post, Costello is a noted science journalist and author... (more)
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Posted on Mar 28th, 2012
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Guest Author: Victoria Costello
The Thoughtful Parent ― Today I'm honored to have author Victoria Costello guest posting on the blog. Costello is a well-respected science journalist and author of six books on topics related to psychology, mental health, and parenting. Her most recent book, A Lethal... (more)
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Posted on Mar 2nd, 2012
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Perspective-Taking and the Power of Language
The Thoughtful Parent ― As parents, I think one of the goals most of us have is to help our children develop an understanding and empathy for other people. If you are the parent of a toddler, you know that instilling this idea of empathy seems an almost impossible task.... (more)
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Posted on Feb 22nd, 2012
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Guest Post on Notes on Parenting
The Thoughtful Parent ― Today I'm guest posting on Notes on Parenting about guided play. I've written a lot recently about the importance of play-based learning and the study that is highlighted in this post is a great example of it. The study involves children playing with... (more)
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Posted on Feb 16th, 2012
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Book Review: The Curiosity Cycle
The Thoughtful Parent ― Yes, finally a new post! Our family moved from Texas to Colorado in November so blogging had to take a backseat to life for awhile, but I'm back. I'm planning to start posting at least once a week now, so please keep reading.Now, on to the main event... (more)
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Posted on Feb 1st, 2012
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More Evidence that "Difficult" Babies are Most Influenced by Parents
The Thoughtful Parent ― I've written several times on this blog about children's temperaments and how they may or may not affect a child later in life. Based on the research that is coming out on this topic, it is becoming more and more clear that how a child's temperament... (more)
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Posted on Nov 1st, 2011
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Help Set a Reading Record!
The Thoughtful Parent ― I recently found out about We Give Books, an online campaign to get children and their parents reading and donating books to schools. It's a great idea. You simply sign up to read books online with your children and the organization donates books to... (more)
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Posted on Oct 4th, 2011
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On SpongeBob, Silence, and the Challenges of Raising a "Digital Native"
The Thoughtful Parent ― You may have noticed that SpongeBob Squarepants was all over the news last week. Who knew a little cartoon character could get so much media attention? Well, I jumped on the bandwagon also and posted a piece on the infamous "SpongeBob study" on Notes... (more)
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Posted on Sep 27th, 2011
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For Those Science Geeks Like Me...
The Thoughtful Parent ― I just listened to a great Fresh Air episode about children's brain development that I thought I should share. In a quick 16 minutes the scientist/authors cover topics like how to get your kid to eat vegetables, encouraging self-control, and... (more)
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Posted on Sep 16th, 2011
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Book Review: Planet Explorers
The Thoughtful Parent ― We are a book review kick here so today I have another review of a new series of kids' books. This series of ebooks, entitled Planet Explorers, are travel guides for kids. Great idea, right? Why didn't I think of that? These travel guides are... (more)
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Posted on Sep 5th, 2011
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Book Review: The Adventures of Everyday Geniuses
The Thoughtful Parent ― It's not often that I review books/products on this blog, but I recently had the opportunity to review a series of children's books that I thought were particularly unique. The book series written by Barbara Esham is called The Adventures of Everyday... (more)
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Posted on Aug 16th, 2011
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