SCIENCE MINDED BLOG

Guest post by @consciousconfidentparenting: For generations, tantrums have been considered a form of misbehaviour – something that needs...

‘Lazy parenting’ is about intentionally providing your child with opportunities to develop a sense of self-efficacy, which in turn...

B.R.A.I.N.S. stands for Benefits, Risks, Alternatives, Intuition, Nothing, Space. There are many decisions you have to make when you're a...

Research shows children usually start refusing new foods around 2 years old. From an evolutionary perspective, being unwilling to try new...

As a parent, starting solids can be scary. There are many factors to consider, including doing what you can to help reduce the risk of...

"Play is the work of the child". Play is how children process things. It’s how they figure out the world, discover new ideas, use their...

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Throughout history, the age at which babies were introduced to solid food has shifted many times. In 1880, it was common for babies not...

Is this how you do things? Congratulations! You're a Science Minded parent. This is the Scientific Method. Observe - theorise -...

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and...

This is me several years back at my PhD graduation. Man I loved that hat. Some of you were keen to hear more about me and my background,...

There is no one right way of parenting. Humans around the world, for 100,000s of years, have adapted to do things in ways that work for...

Before you become a parent, you think about what kind of family you’d like to have and how you think things might go. “Oh we’d never...

There is no one right way of parenting. Humans around the world, for 100,000s of years, have adapted to do things in ways that work for...

Hug, snuggle, embrace, nuzzle, nestle, squish, huddle, burrow, spoon. However you choose to do it, cuddle your child! Children thrive on...

Children are little scientists. That’s how Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and father of child development research described them....

Once, our whole family had gastro. For a week we were up in the night comforting vomiting children, changing sheets and taking turns...

Recently a friend shared a photo of her baby's 1st birthday captioned "Best year of my life". I thought “Really? Wow. It was the worst...

The brain is very adaptable, however there are situations in which there is a limited window for development. “Critical periods” are a...

Schools and education systems often use standardised or IQ tests to identify children who are struggling (or gifted) as a way to offer...