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When it comes to child care, such as hiring a nanny or paying for daycare, parents are spending almost a quarter of their household income on child care, per Care.com’s 2024 Cost of Care Report.
Clinical psychologist Dr. Sarah Bren shares that there are practically infinite ways that parents, and grandparents, can impact their child or grandchild’s development. In addition to the ...
Raising a child is like riding a roller coaster—there are ups, downs and unexpected turns, which can mean sometimes the ride can get a little bumpy. But that’s all part of the wild, magical ...
Poverty and homelessness are often causes of child abandonment. People living in countries with poor social welfare systems (i.e. China, Myanmar, Mexico, the United States, and other countries) who are not financially capable of taking care of a child are more likely to abandon their children because of a lack of resources.
When well-meaning grandparents plop a grandchild in front of a device to keep them entertained, both the child and grandparent miss out on important connection time.” 2. Talking Too Much
Kinship care is a term used in the United States and Great Britain for the raising of children by grandparents, other extended family members, and unrelated adults with whom they have a close family-like relationship such as godparents and close family friends because biological parents are unable to do so for whatever reason.
A 2008 study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that mothers who reported spanking their children were three times more likely to also report using forms of punishment considered abusive to the researchers "such as beating, burning, kicking, hitting with an object somewhere other than the buttocks, or shaking a child less ...
"Doing so would acknowledge the child’s presence as well as the fact that they are trying to get the parent's attention for a reason. It also gives the child a chance to express their unique ...