When we think about parenting and early childhood development, research and conversations most often center around moms—and for good reason. But here’s something that doesn’t get talked about enough: Dad’s ability to shape their child’s cognitive and emotional development through their superpower. In this week’s child development article, we explore a parenting flex that only dad’s are truly able to tap into, and when they do - ensure children have strong emotional regulation skills, are less frustrated, and less physically aggressive.

If your child avoids tasks like the plague, melts down over schoolwork, or totally shuts down when things get hard or tricky, its not laziness or even a motivation issue. It’s a signal. Today, The Parenting Collaborative breaks down the psychology of “lazy” behavior and gives you the tools to decode what’s really going on underneath the surface.

We spend so much time worrying about grades, homework, and test scores… But what if your child’s friend group is actually the secret ingredient to their long-term success? In our latest article, we’re breaking down what this means for emotional intelligence, behavior, and academic growth—and how you, as a parent, can guide your child through one of the most powerful developmental influences: their peers.

When we think of peer pressure, we often think of risky behavior and negative influence. But what if peer pressure could actually help your teen make better choices? Research shows that adolescents are more influenced by kindness than cruelty—and when supported with the right tools, they're more likely to follow the positive lead. Lets dive into what that means for parenting, and how we can guide teens to thrive in their social world

November 13th is World Kindness Day, but we don’t really need or shouldn’t need a day to remind us to be kind to others as well as to ourselves. We often get asked, do you need to teach kids how to be kind, and if so, how do you? Although kindness is an abstract concept we have outlined three ways to teach this social concept to children.