Expert advice highlights the importance of stability, co-regulation, and positive routines in helping volatile children manage their anger and develop resilience, rather than harsh punishment. In a contributed essay for Parenting Teens and Tweens, Barbara Pinke argues that children with…
A guide to recognising and changing maladaptive relationship behaviours through understanding attachment styles, with advice on seeking professional help for deeper issues. Attachment theory can be a useful lens for people who keep finding themselves in the same relationship conflicts.…
Experts highlight the importance of understanding meltdowns as system overloads rather than behavioural defiance, promoting proactive management and tailored support for autistic teenagers. Parents of autistic teenagers often describe meltdowns as one of the hardest parts of family life to…
Health professionals highlight concerns over increased screen use disrupting children’s development, urging families to foster balanced routines with face-to-face interactions and outdoor activities. A child staring at a phone while eating, travelling or drifting off to sleep is now so…
Child-development specialists emphasise that concentration in children develops gradually through play, routines and engagement, not through nagging or formal drills, highlighting new approaches for parents at the start of the school year. As the new school year begins, parents are…
Recent advances from the Autism Biomarkers Consortium highlight stable electroencephalography and eye-tracking measures capable of distinguishing autistic children, yet still fall short of providing precise individual diagnostics amid autism’s heterogeneity. A pair of measures from a long-running autism research consortium…
Research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology indicates that heavy social media use among teenagers and parents does not correlate with poorer family bonds, challenging common concerns about digital intrusion into family life. New research from the Norwegian…
A large pooled study reveals that low-level prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides does not significantly influence autism-related traits in children, providing reassurance amid mixed previous research findings. A large pooled study has found no link between prenatal exposure to organophosphate…
TikTok is highlighting a long-standing blind spot in medicine by exposing the subtle ways ADHD manifests in girls, challenging traditional diagnostic stereotypes and fostering greater awareness among young women. TikTok may be fuelling anxiety about self-diagnosis, but in the case…
Parents seeking applied behaviour analysis should focus on programme quality, practical support, compliance, and family integration, with location and communication key to successful outcomes. Parents considering applied behaviour analysis, or ABA, are often told what therapy can do, but less…
Michaeleen Doucleff’s latest book advocates for embracing traditional parenting practices, encouraging children to take on more responsibility and fostering stronger family and community bonds to counteract modern reliance on screens and processed snacks. Michaeleen Doucleff has built a reputation for…
A new study shows nearly one in five US young people are turning to AI chatbots for mental health advice, highlighting a growing trend that raises both benefits and serious safety concerns for parents, schools, and clinicians. A new study…
