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Psychologist Adam Grant: This is One of the Most Harmful Questions Parents Can Ask Their Kids—Here’s Why
What do you want to be when you grow up? As a kid, that was my least favorite question. I dreaded conversations with parents and other adults because they always asked it — and no
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I’m Helping My Korean-American Daughter Embrace Her Identity to Counter Racism
… In the summer of 2020, the Stop A.A.P.I. Hate Youth Campaign interviewed 990 Asian-American young adults across the United States about their experiences during the pandemic, and found that one in four had reported experiencing racism
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How to Promote Equity at Home as Moms are being Forced from the Workforce
Just one year ago, dads were as likely as moms to crowd the halls of my kids’ elementary school at morning drop-off and wash burp cloths at the laundromat, babies strapped to their chests. I
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on note-taking, visual processing speed in older adults, logical reasoning in monkeys, narcissism in children, counterfactual curiosity, how narratives can shape attitudes toward immigration, motion perception, and using a distanced diary to train for wisdom.
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How the Pandemic is Changing Children’s Friendships
Just one year ago, kids could hold their friends’ hands. They shared blankets at sleepovers. They clustered around birthday cakes to help blow out the candles. And now they don’t. Many things in our pandemic-stricken
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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
A sample of articles on COVID-19 vaccine efficacy, theory building in psychological science, motivation and endocrine responses, and the influence of how children explain differences in their classroom on performance.
