Just came across this blog, written by the executive director of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center. She writes “since I’m reading all the research related to raising happy children anyway, I thought we might as well make it USEABLE to parents. We hope this is a valuable counterpoint to some of the more opinion-based parenting advice platforms that are out there, especially because sorting out fact from fiction can be confusing when it comes to parenting”.
I’ve been through the wringer a bit lately, swinging from theory to theory in a search for an answer to Inigo’s sleep issues. And though the attachment parenting theory feels right to me, I can’t make it work for my child.
This blog has loads of information that quotes actual, real science. Somebody has done experiments with live human children, and someone else has paraphrased the results to make them accessible to the sleep deprived.
For example, eating dinner with your children five times a week helps widen their vocabulary, reduces eating disorders, reduces drug addiction, connects kids to their family history, teaches good manners, and reduces depression and anxiety.
There’s heaps of material there, and I haven’t come across anything that solves all Inigo’s sleep issues yet, but I am happy to have found such a great resource. Books are great, but since I only get to read about a page a night before I crash, this will probably work better for me 🙂
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