Parenting Archives

11.12.2024 Rachel Farr headshot

Rachel Farr: What Is a “Normal” Family, Anyway?

Rachel Farr, a professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky, studies family dynamics and child development across the spectrums of gender and sexuality.

Fellow Heather Sherr

10.03.2024 Hands on steering wheel; man driving a car by night

Preventing Teens from Driving Under the Influence

By communicating openly about the dangers of drug use and impaired driving, parents play a key role in helping teens avoid risky behaviors.

Guest Author Andrew Yockey

09.20.2024 young father holding child

Becoming a Dad Too Soon May Be Bad for the Heart

Younger fathers may face unique challenges and stressors that contribute to poorer long-term heart health.

Fellow Jude Sleiman

05.22.2024

Unlocking Understanding: Sex Ed for Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities receive less sexual education than their neurotypical peers. Many believe parents should play a bigger role in filling in the education gaps.

Fellow Dani Weissert

10.06.2022 2 parents walking with a child pencil drawing

Growing Up Unequal: Objective and Subjective Economic Disparities and Authoritarian Parenting

Does how someone feels they are doing financially compared to how they actually are doing have parenting implications?

Guest Authors Will Schneider, Anika Schenck-Fontaine

03.17.2022 Birth Certificates

Birth Certificate Policies and LGBTQ+ Families

Birth registration systems in some states have begun to include options for diverse family structures, but this is not the case nationally.

Guest Authors Adary Zhang, Stephanie A. Leonard, Juno Obedin-Maliver

07.29.2021 working parent with child

Pandemic Parenting

Results from a study of parents during the pandemic reveals negative mental health effects, but also some positive outcomes as a result of more time at home together for families.

Fellow Rubina Veerakone

05.11.2020 a hand stepping on a dice

What Are You Smoking?

To avoid marijuana misuse, governments should consider standardizing descriptions of marijuana potency on products for sale by using simple symbols.

Fellow Edward Alexander

05.02.2019 a white painted sign on the ground

Mothering in the Margin

Providers should facilitate ongoing opportunities for homeless mothers to take an active role in decision-making processes at the shelter.

Guest Authors Katharina A. Azim, Laurie MacGillivray, Donalyn Heise

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