To many traditional Chinese families, having a son is critically important in order to carry on the family name, especially when there is a single son in the family. During the Qing Dynasty in Wuxi in Jiangxi Province, a family of farmers with the last name Chen had an only child named Ajian. To the ...
According to the Student Loan Marketing Association, American families spent around US$26,226 on their kid’s college education in 2018-19. Around 79 percent of the parents in the study were willing to stretch themselves financially in order to fund the education of their children. Helping out with college “Few of today’s students can go to school ...
Almost every parent knows that when their kids start to whine, they expect something. But do you know why your children whine when they want something rather than straight-up asking for it? There is an interesting psychological reason for this — your kids whine because they instinctively know that you will respond to their demands ...
John Marsden is extremely critical of the way children are raised today by parents. The 68-year-old Australian writer and school principal believes that there is an epidemic of toxic parenting that does a great deal of psychological damage to children. He also has some pointers for parents who might be confused about the best way ...
Halloween is a celebration that almost all kids look forward to. After all, they get to dress up as fun, scary characters and collect tons of candies. But this is also an occasion where grownups need to be very careful about what their children eat. Unfortunately, many parents don’t think much about the kids gorging ...
With double income families a standard in the modern age, parents are spending less time with their children. And if childcare experts are to be believed, this separation of parents and children is harming children in many ways. Psychological and biological effects It has been observed that children who receive love grow up to be ...
As parents, we naturally love our kids, but how many of us nowadays actually feel confident about knowing the right way to show our love? What’s the best way to care for our kids? What’re the best qualities we can help our kids learn for them to thrive in this chaotic world? As parents, we ...