Category: Parental Rights/ Parenting

Screen Time and Language Development

Becoming verbal is not innate but rather a skill children acquire through interactions with their primary caregivers. Parents who engage in conversation and reading with their children foster language development. When parents actively listen to their children and show genuine interest in their thoughts, children learn to express themselves and engage in meaningful conversation with others. Building language skills necessitates the physical and emotional presence of parents or primary caregivers who actively engage with the children.

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The Anxious Generation Has the Worst of Both Worlds

In a blockbuster Atlantic piece, “The Terrible Costs of a Phone-Based Childhood,” my Let Grow co-founder Jonathan Haidt says our culture is getting it all wrong when it comes to kids: We “underprotect” them in the virtual world and overprotect them in the real one.
That’s the worst of both worlds if we want to raise healthy, happy kids.

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Chiefs’ Kicker: Strong Fathers, Not ‘Gun Control’ Will Address Degenerate Violence

“I know gun violence was a big discussion, but at the end of the day, this is degenerate violence and it should not be occurring,” Butker said. “I think we need strong fathers in the home. We need men that are leading, that are setting good examples, that are teaching the young men in our society that violence is not the way to handle our disputes.”

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Most Voters Support Parental Role When Child Explores Gender Transition at School, Survey Finds

“Statistically, parents are the most connected to, invested in, and protective of kids,” Katy Faust, founder and president of Them Before Us, said Wednesday in an interview with The Daily Signal. “They are the adults with the greatest interest in children’s long-term well-being and thriving.” “Not counselors. Not teachers. Not doctors,” added Faust, who leads a nonprofit children’s rights organization based in Seattle. “Parents are the ones who have to pick up the pieces when things go wrong.”  

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