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The Thoughtful Parent

A blog that makes child development approachable.

  • Social-Emotional
    • 7 Ways to Teach Your Child About Kindness
    • 4 Powerful Social-Emotional Lessons Kids are Learning During the Pandemic
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    • Seeing the Unique Gift of Your Child’s Temperament
    • Insights for Parents from the Science of Child Temperament
  • Toddler Development
    • Research-Backed Real-Life Strategies to Discipline Kids without Yelling
    • Research-Backed Ways to Thrive Through the Toddler Years
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    • A Parent’s Guide to Understanding the 4 Attachment Styles
    • Child Psychology Classics: The Mirror Test
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    • When Do You Start Potty Training?
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Looking Beyond the Headlines: Video Games and Children’s Behavior

January 20, 2017

{Sneak Peak: Are kids’ video games really detrimental to children’s development? A new books helps us sort …

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Understanding Cyberbullying: The Kind of Bullying We Can’t See

January 26, 2022

We are a digital world. Ever since the start of the internet, we’ve been on a slippery technological slide that’s …

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4 Powerful Social-Emotional Lessons Kids are Learning During the Pandemic

August 5, 2020

As the weeks of quarantine and staying at home have passed by, more and more articles have popped up discussing the …

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3 Important Parenting Lessons that Child Development Books Didn’t Teach Me (but my kids did)

February 25, 2016

{Child development books can teach many parenting lessons. However, sometimes just observing and reflecting on our own …

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How to Talk With Your Child About Race and Racism

June 16, 2020

Our country is in turmoil. There is protesting in the streets and many parents aren’t sure how to discuss these …

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Beyond Our Own Front Door: What We Can Learn from a Multicultural View of Parenting

February 3, 2017

In the current atmosphere of parenting it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by questions and worries. It seems that many …

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Is There Such a Thing as a “Bad Seed?”

July 19, 2010

Dr. Richard Friedman, a professor of psychiatry, recently wrote an article published in the New York Times that I found …

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Yet Another Reason Not to Fight in Front of the Kids

January 5, 2010

We’ve all done it…that argument with our spouse/partner just exploded in front of our kids. It may not have …

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Holiday Help: Finding Developmentally Appropriate Toys

December 9, 2009

The holiday season is upon us! Many of us are spending time shuffling through store shelves looking for the perfect gift …

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Amy Webb
As a mom of two young boys, I’ve seen first-hand how research-based child development information, combined with intuition, can guide you through your parenting journey. Although I have a Ph.D.in Human Development and Family Sciences, many of my real parenting discoveries have come through my experience. I believe parenting with confidence comes from knowledge; parenting with grace comes from insight. Join me on this parenting journey of learning and discovery

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