There are no sane policy solutions to population collapse
Incentives can be effective at influencing people's choices, but there's just one problem: barely anyone is choosing below-replacement fertility rates.
Parenting Through
Amplifying good ideas and systems to reduce the burdens and increase the joys of parenting
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Analogue life for internet people
The definitive guide to your zero-cost digital spring clean so you can use your tech instead of letting it use you
Not everyone can pull off authoritative parenting
In the modern world, authoritative parenting yields the best results on virtually every metric - but we should stop pretending it's easy.
The results are in: we have been way too complacent about screens
Far from being a moral panic, the drive to radically minimise children's screen time is reasonable, data-driven and good for parents
Is parenting just a bourgeois hobby?
Research shows that some of the biggest parenting choices barely make a difference, so why do people feel so strongly about them?
Want better behaved kids? Give them some chores
Uncooperative behaviour happens in all cultures, but it peaks when parents rely on verbal interventions and underestimate their children's need for contribution and independence
The way we potty train is extremely W.E.I.R.D
The uncomfortable truth is that kids have been out of nappies by their second birthday in most cultures for most of history
Here's the real cure for the Gen-Z malaise
Your parents made bad choices, but no one is coming to take away your phone now - you'll have to do that yourself
Gen Z didn't 'fail to launch' - their parents failed to let go
What examining the anatomy of one 'failure to launch' taught me about parental responsibility
Is it too late to raise a porn-free generation?
Call me crazy, but I'll be telling my kids that watching a gangbang on a Tuesday evening is not a good use of their time