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What NOT To Do When Your Child is Upset
The two most common mistakes parents make in responding to their child's distress (and what to do instead)
 • Dr. Cara Goodwin, PhD
Vulnerable Child Syndrome
Could seeing our children as more fragile than they really are be harming them?
 • Dr. Cara Goodwin, PhD
Should We Tell Our Kids The Truth About the World?
Should we tell our kids the truth—about the world, about painful events, about the harsh realities of life—or should we protect them from it?
 • Dr. Cara Goodwin, PhD
Are You Spoiling Your Children?
What the science actually says about gifts, materialism, and raising grounded children
 • Dr. Cara Goodwin, PhD
The Most Important Thing You Can Teach Your Toddler
Five research-based hacks for teaching big social-emotional concepts to tiny humans
 • Dr. Cara Goodwin, PhD
Why Parenting Scripts Fail (and What Actually Works)
The research suggests there are more effective ways to tame tantrums
 • Dr. Cara Goodwin, PhD
Recent Research Finds Internet Rules Work— Until They Don’t
New research finds that parents setting rules around internet use may backfire as kids get older
 • Dr. Cara Goodwin, PhD
Parenting Translator
Parenting Translator
Dr. Cara Goodwin, PhD, is a child psychologist and mother to four children who "translates" research on parenting and child development into information that is accurate, relevant, and useful to parents.
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