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  1. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    Children, like grown-ups, enjoy the sense of achievement derived from mastering a difficulty, but this requires a consistency of effort of which few are capable without some outside encouragement. The capacity for consistent self-direction is one of the most valuable that a human being can possess. It is practically unknown in young children, and is never developed either by a very rigid discipline or by complete freedom.

    Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Education and the Social Order [Education and the Modern World], ch. 2 “The Negative Theory of Education” (1932)

    More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/858…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #achievement #application #childrearing #childraising #children #control #discipline #effort #encouragement #freedom

  2. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    Children, like grown-ups, enjoy the sense of achievement derived from mastering a difficulty, but this requires a consistency of effort of which few are capable without some outside encouragement. The capacity for consistent self-direction is one of the most valuable that a human being can possess. It is practically unknown in young children, and is never developed either by a very rigid discipline or by complete freedom.

    Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Education and the Social Order [Education and the Modern World], ch. 2 “The Negative Theory of Education” (1932)

    More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/858…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #achievement #application #childrearing #childraising #children #control #discipline #effort #encouragement #freedom

  3. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    Children, like grown-ups, enjoy the sense of achievement derived from mastering a difficulty, but this requires a consistency of effort of which few are capable without some outside encouragement. The capacity for consistent self-direction is one of the most valuable that a human being can possess. It is practically unknown in young children, and is never developed either by a very rigid discipline or by complete freedom.

    Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Education and the Social Order [Education and the Modern World], ch. 2 “The Negative Theory of Education” (1932)

    More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/858…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #achievement #application #childrearing #childraising #children #control #discipline #effort #encouragement #freedom

  4. A quotation from Bertrand Russell

    Children, like grown-ups, enjoy the sense of achievement derived from mastering a difficulty, but this requires a consistency of effort of which few are capable without some outside encouragement. The capacity for consistent self-direction is one of the most valuable that a human being can possess. It is practically unknown in young children, and is never developed either by a very rigid discipline or by complete freedom.

    Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) English mathematician and philosopher
    Education and the Social Order [Education and the Modern World], ch. 2 “The Negative Theory of Education” (1932)

    More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/858…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #achievement #application #childrearing #childraising #children #control #discipline #effort #encouragement #freedom

  5. A longitudinal study of 158 mother-infant pairs evaluated the relationship between the verbal timing of mother:infant communications at 1 year with psychiatric assessments at 7 years. Longer delays in the mother's verbal response to the infant at 1 year, beyond about 1 second, were associated with a greater likelihood of a diagnosis of ADHD or a conduct disorder at 7 years.

    Summary: psypost.org/timing-of-maternal

    Original paper: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

    #Science #ChildRearing #Communication #ADHD

  6. A longitudinal study of 158 mother-infant pairs evaluated the relationship between the verbal timing of mother:infant communications at 1 year with psychiatric assessments at 7 years. Longer delays in the mother's verbal response to the infant at 1 year, beyond about 1 second, were associated with a greater likelihood of a diagnosis of ADHD or a conduct disorder at 7 years.

    Summary: psypost.org/timing-of-maternal

    Original paper: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

    #Science #ChildRearing #Communication #ADHD

  7. A longitudinal study of 158 mother-infant pairs evaluated the relationship between the verbal timing of mother:infant communications at 1 year with psychiatric assessments at 7 years. Longer delays in the mother's verbal response to the infant at 1 year, beyond about 1 second, were associated with a greater likelihood of a diagnosis of ADHD or a conduct disorder at 7 years.

    Summary: psypost.org/timing-of-maternal

    Original paper: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

    #Science #ChildRearing #Communication #ADHD

  8. A longitudinal study of 158 mother-infant pairs evaluated the relationship between the verbal timing of mother:infant communications at 1 year with psychiatric assessments at 7 years. Longer delays in the mother's verbal response to the infant at 1 year, beyond about 1 second, were associated with a greater likelihood of a diagnosis of ADHD or a conduct disorder at 7 years.

    Summary: psypost.org/timing-of-maternal

    Original paper: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

    #Science #ChildRearing #Communication #ADHD

  9. A longitudinal study of 158 mother-infant pairs evaluated the relationship between the verbal timing of mother:infant communications at 1 year with psychiatric assessments at 7 years. Longer delays in the mother's verbal response to the infant at 1 year, beyond about 1 second, were associated with a greater likelihood of a diagnosis of ADHD or a conduct disorder at 7 years.

    Summary: psypost.org/timing-of-maternal

    Original paper: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

    #Science #ChildRearing #Communication #ADHD

  10. A quotation from Orwell

    The weakness of the child is that it starts with a blank sheet. It neither understands nor questions the society in which it lives, and because of its credulity other people can work upon it, infecting it with the sense of inferiority and the dread of offending against mysterious, terrible laws.

    George Orwell (1903–1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1948-06), “‘Such, Such Were the Joys …’,” Partisan Review (1952-09)

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/35818/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #authority #child #childabuse #childrearing #credulity #inferiority #obedience #tabularasa

  11. A quotation from Orwell

    The weakness of the child is that it starts with a blank sheet. It neither understands nor questions the society in which it lives, and because of its credulity other people can work upon it, infecting it with the sense of inferiority and the dread of offending against mysterious, terrible laws.

    George Orwell (1903–1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1948-06), “‘Such, Such Were the Joys …’,” Partisan Review (1952-09)

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/35818/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #authority #child #childabuse #childrearing #credulity #inferiority #obedience #tabularasa

  12. A quotation from Orwell

    The weakness of the child is that it starts with a blank sheet. It neither understands nor questions the society in which it lives, and because of its credulity other people can work upon it, infecting it with the sense of inferiority and the dread of offending against mysterious, terrible laws.

    George Orwell (1903–1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1948-06), “‘Such, Such Were the Joys …’,” Partisan Review (1952-09)

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/35818/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #authority #child #childabuse #childrearing #credulity #inferiority #obedience #tabularasa

  13. A quotation from Orwell

    The weakness of the child is that it starts with a blank sheet. It neither understands nor questions the society in which it lives, and because of its credulity other people can work upon it, infecting it with the sense of inferiority and the dread of offending against mysterious, terrible laws.

    George Orwell (1903–1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1948-06), “‘Such, Such Were the Joys …’,” Partisan Review (1952-09)

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/35818/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #authority #child #childabuse #childrearing #credulity #inferiority #obedience #tabularasa

  14. A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

    A child should always say what’s true
       And speak when he is spoken to,
    And behave mannerly at table;
       At least as far as he is able.

    Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
    Poem (1885), “Whole Duty of Children,” A Child’s Garden of Verses

    More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #child #childraising #childrearing #children #discipline #duty #honesty #manners #silence

  15. A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

    A child should always say what’s true
       And speak when he is spoken to,
    And behave mannerly at table;
       At least as far as he is able.

    Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
    Poem (1885), “Whole Duty of Children,” A Child’s Garden of Verses

    More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #child #childraising #childrearing #children #discipline #duty #honesty #manners #silence

  16. A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

    A child should always say what’s true
       And speak when he is spoken to,
    And behave mannerly at table;
       At least as far as he is able.

    Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
    Poem (1885), “Whole Duty of Children,” A Child’s Garden of Verses

    More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #child #childraising #childrearing #children #discipline #duty #honesty #manners #silence

  17. A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

    A child should always say what’s true
       And speak when he is spoken to,
    And behave mannerly at table;
       At least as far as he is able.

    Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
    Poem (1885), “Whole Duty of Children,” A Child’s Garden of Verses

    More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #child #childraising #childrearing #children #discipline #duty #honesty #manners #silence

  18. Rates of asthma and allergies have been observed to be lower in children who are more exposed to dirt. A new investigation identified nine gram-positive bacteria present in German farm dust that are linked to reduced incidences of asthma, hay fever, and atopic eczema.

    Every child needs to breathe more cow shit.

    Summary: sciencealert.com/natural-prote

    Original paper: evidence.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/

    #Science #Health #ChildRearing #Asthma #Allergies

  19. Rates of asthma and allergies have been observed to be lower in children who are more exposed to dirt. A new investigation identified nine gram-positive bacteria present in German farm dust that are linked to reduced incidences of asthma, hay fever, and atopic eczema.

    Every child needs to breathe more cow shit.

    Summary: sciencealert.com/natural-prote

    Original paper: evidence.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/

    #Science #Health #ChildRearing #Asthma #Allergies

  20. Rates of asthma and allergies have been observed to be lower in children who are more exposed to dirt. A new investigation identified nine gram-positive bacteria present in German farm dust that are linked to reduced incidences of asthma, hay fever, and atopic eczema.

    Every child needs to breathe more cow shit.

    Summary: sciencealert.com/natural-prote

    Original paper: evidence.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/

    #Science #Health #ChildRearing #Asthma #Allergies

  21. Rates of asthma and allergies have been observed to be lower in children who are more exposed to dirt. A new investigation identified nine gram-positive bacteria present in German farm dust that are linked to reduced incidences of asthma, hay fever, and atopic eczema.

    Every child needs to breathe more cow shit.

    Summary: sciencealert.com/natural-prote

    Original paper: evidence.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/

    #Science #Health #ChildRearing #Asthma #Allergies

  22. Rates of asthma and allergies have been observed to be lower in children who are more exposed to dirt. A new investigation identified nine gram-positive bacteria present in German farm dust that are linked to reduced incidences of asthma, hay fever, and atopic eczema.

    Every child needs to breathe more cow shit.

    Summary: sciencealert.com/natural-prote

    Original paper: evidence.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/

    #Science #Health #ChildRearing #Asthma #Allergies

  23. A longitudinal study of ~ 500 children in Singapore examined their academic performance and working memory at ages 9 and 10.5 relative to parent reports of their children's screen viewing time at ages 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 6, and 8 years. Greater screen time at ages 1 and 6 were associated with poorer academic performance at age 9.5 and poorer working memory at age 10.

    Summary: scitechdaily.com/screen-time-a

    Original paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1

    #Science #Cognition #ScreenTime #Academics #ChildRearing

  24. A longitudinal study of ~ 500 children in Singapore examined their academic performance and working memory at ages 9 and 10.5 relative to parent reports of their children's screen viewing time at ages 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 6, and 8 years. Greater screen time at ages 1 and 6 were associated with poorer academic performance at age 9.5 and poorer working memory at age 10.

    Summary: scitechdaily.com/screen-time-a

    Original paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1

    #Science #Cognition #ScreenTime #Academics #ChildRearing

  25. A longitudinal study of ~ 500 children in Singapore examined their academic performance and working memory at ages 9 and 10.5 relative to parent reports of their children's screen viewing time at ages 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 6, and 8 years. Greater screen time at ages 1 and 6 were associated with poorer academic performance at age 9.5 and poorer working memory at age 10.

    Summary: scitechdaily.com/screen-time-a

    Original paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1

    #Science #Cognition #ScreenTime #Academics #ChildRearing

  26. A longitudinal study of ~ 500 children in Singapore examined their academic performance and working memory at ages 9 and 10.5 relative to parent reports of their children's screen viewing time at ages 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 6, and 8 years. Greater screen time at ages 1 and 6 were associated with poorer academic performance at age 9.5 and poorer working memory at age 10.

    Summary: scitechdaily.com/screen-time-a

    Original paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1

    #Science #Cognition #ScreenTime #Academics #ChildRearing

  27. A longitudinal study of ~ 500 children in Singapore examined their academic performance and working memory at ages 9 and 10.5 relative to parent reports of their children's screen viewing time at ages 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 6, and 8 years. Greater screen time at ages 1 and 6 were associated with poorer academic performance at age 9.5 and poorer working memory at age 10.

    Summary: scitechdaily.com/screen-time-a

    Original paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1

    #Science #Cognition #ScreenTime #Academics #ChildRearing

  28. Review of cognitive outcomes in over 60,000 people born within a couple of years before and after the cessation of sugar rationing in the U.K. (1953) found that those subject to rationing in their first 1,000 days had lower risks of dementia (27%), Alzheimer's (46%), depression (11%) and anxiety (20%).

    Summary: sciencealert.com/low-sugar-die

    Original paper: nature.com/articles/s41514-026

    #Science #Cognition #Diet #Nutrition #Sugar #Dementia #Alzheimers #Depression #Anxiety #ChildRearing

  29. Review of cognitive outcomes in over 60,000 people born within a couple of years before and after the cessation of sugar rationing in the U.K. (1953) found that those subject to rationing in their first 1,000 days had lower risks of dementia (27%), Alzheimer's (46%), depression (11%) and anxiety (20%).

    Summary: sciencealert.com/low-sugar-die

    Original paper: nature.com/articles/s41514-026

    #Science #Cognition #Diet #Nutrition #Sugar #Dementia #Alzheimers #Depression #Anxiety #ChildRearing

  30. Review of cognitive outcomes in over 60,000 people born within a couple of years before and after the cessation of sugar rationing in the U.K. (1953) found that those subject to rationing in their first 1,000 days had lower risks of dementia (27%), Alzheimer's (46%), depression (11%) and anxiety (20%).

    Summary: sciencealert.com/low-sugar-die

    Original paper: nature.com/articles/s41514-026

    #Science #Cognition #Diet #Nutrition #Sugar #Dementia #Alzheimers #Depression #Anxiety #ChildRearing

  31. Review of cognitive outcomes in over 60,000 people born within a couple of years before and after the cessation of sugar rationing in the U.K. (1953) found that those subject to rationing in their first 1,000 days had lower risks of dementia (27%), Alzheimer's (46%), depression (11%) and anxiety (20%).

    Summary: sciencealert.com/low-sugar-die

    Original paper: nature.com/articles/s41514-026

    #Science #Cognition #Diet #Nutrition #Sugar #Dementia #Alzheimers #Depression #Anxiety #ChildRearing

  32. Review of cognitive outcomes in over 60,000 people born within a couple of years before and after the cessation of sugar rationing in the U.K. (1953) found that those subject to rationing in their first 1,000 days had lower risks of dementia (27%), Alzheimer's (46%), depression (11%) and anxiety (20%).

    Summary: sciencealert.com/low-sugar-die

    Original paper: nature.com/articles/s41514-026

    #Science #Cognition #Diet #Nutrition #Sugar #Dementia #Alzheimers #Depression #Anxiety #ChildRearing

  33. Weekly monitoring of 368 Finnish children through the first year of life found that those from families with dogs had fewer respiratory infections and required fewer courses of antibiotics. Three dog-associated bacterial genera explained 25% of the protective effect. Protection may also be provided by aspects of the dog-owning lifestyle.

    Summary: medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07

    Original paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10

    #Science #Health #ChildRearing #Dogs

  34. Weekly monitoring of 368 Finnish children through the first year of life found that those from families with dogs had fewer respiratory infections and required fewer courses of antibiotics. Three dog-associated bacterial genera explained 25% of the protective effect. Protection may also be provided by aspects of the dog-owning lifestyle.

    Summary: medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07

    Original paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10

    #Science #Health #ChildRearing #Dogs

  35. Weekly monitoring of 368 Finnish children through the first year of life found that those from families with dogs had fewer respiratory infections and required fewer courses of antibiotics. Three dog-associated bacterial genera explained 25% of the protective effect. Protection may also be provided by aspects of the dog-owning lifestyle.

    Summary: medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07

    Original paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10

    #Science #Health #ChildRearing #Dogs

  36. Weekly monitoring of 368 Finnish children through the first year of life found that those from families with dogs had fewer respiratory infections and required fewer courses of antibiotics. Three dog-associated bacterial genera explained 25% of the protective effect. Protection may also be provided by aspects of the dog-owning lifestyle.

    Summary: medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07

    Original paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10

    #Science #Health #ChildRearing #Dogs

  37. Weekly monitoring of 368 Finnish children through the first year of life found that those from families with dogs had fewer respiratory infections and required fewer courses of antibiotics. Three dog-associated bacterial genera explained 25% of the protective effect. Protection may also be provided by aspects of the dog-owning lifestyle.

    Summary: medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07

    Original paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10

    #Science #Health #ChildRearing #Dogs

  38. A study of almost 83,000 mother-child pairs found that babies who were breastfed in the first six months slept better an 1 year than those who were not.

    Summary: medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06

    Original paper: nature.com/articles/s41430-026

    #Science #Breastfeeding #ChildRearing

  39. A study of almost 83,000 mother-child pairs found that babies who were breastfed in the first six months slept better an 1 year than those who were not.

    Summary: medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06

    Original paper: nature.com/articles/s41430-026

    #Science #Breastfeeding #ChildRearing

  40. A study of almost 83,000 mother-child pairs found that babies who were breastfed in the first six months slept better an 1 year than those who were not.

    Summary: medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06

    Original paper: nature.com/articles/s41430-026

    #Science #Breastfeeding #ChildRearing

  41. A study of almost 83,000 mother-child pairs found that babies who were breastfed in the first six months slept better an 1 year than those who were not.

    Summary: medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06

    Original paper: nature.com/articles/s41430-026

    #Science #Breastfeeding #ChildRearing

  42. A study of almost 83,000 mother-child pairs found that babies who were breastfed in the first six months slept better an 1 year than those who were not.

    Summary: medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06

    Original paper: nature.com/articles/s41430-026

    #Science #Breastfeeding #ChildRearing

  43. A quotation from Euripides

    CHORUS: I say that mortals who have no experience
       Of and have never had children
       Have a better chance for happiness
       Than those who bear them.
     
    ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: καί φημι βροτῶν οἵτινές εἰσιν
       πάμπαν ἄπειροι μηδ᾿ ἐφύτευσαν
       παῖδας προφέρειν εἰς εὐτυχίαν
       τῶν γειναμένων.

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1090ff (431 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2020)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/84588/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #euripidesquotes #medea #anxiety #childrearing #concern #fatherhood #happiness #motherhood #parent #parenting #unhappiness #worry

  44. A quotation from Euripides

    CHORUS: I say that mortals who have no experience
       Of and have never had children
       Have a better chance for happiness
       Than those who bear them.
     
    ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: καί φημι βροτῶν οἵτινές εἰσιν
       πάμπαν ἄπειροι μηδ᾿ ἐφύτευσαν
       παῖδας προφέρειν εἰς εὐτυχίαν
       τῶν γειναμένων.

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1090ff (431 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2020)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/84588/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #euripidesquotes #medea #anxiety #childrearing #concern #fatherhood #happiness #motherhood #parent #parenting #unhappiness #worry

  45. A quotation from Euripides

    CHORUS: I say that mortals who have no experience
       Of and have never had children
       Have a better chance for happiness
       Than those who bear them.
     
    ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: καί φημι βροτῶν οἵτινές εἰσιν
       πάμπαν ἄπειροι μηδ᾿ ἐφύτευσαν
       παῖδας προφέρειν εἰς εὐτυχίαν
       τῶν γειναμένων.

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1090ff (431 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2020)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/84588/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #euripidesquotes #medea #anxiety #childrearing #concern #fatherhood #happiness #motherhood #parent #parenting #unhappiness #worry

  46. A quotation from Euripides

    CHORUS: I say that mortals who have no experience
       Of and have never had children
       Have a better chance for happiness
       Than those who bear them.
     
    ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: καί φημι βροτῶν οἵτινές εἰσιν
       πάμπαν ἄπειροι μηδ᾿ ἐφύτευσαν
       παῖδας προφέρειν εἰς εὐτυχίαν
       τῶν γειναμένων.

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1090ff (431 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2020)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/84588/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #euripidesquotes #medea #anxiety #childrearing #concern #fatherhood #happiness #motherhood #parent #parenting #unhappiness #worry

  47. A quotation from Euripides

    CHORUS: I say that mortals who have no experience
       Of and have never had children
       Have a better chance for happiness
       Than those who bear them.
     
    ΚΥΚΛΩΨ: καί φημι βροτῶν οἵτινές εἰσιν
       πάμπαν ἄπειροι μηδ᾿ ἐφύτευσαν
       παῖδας προφέρειν εἰς εὐτυχίαν
       τῶν γειναμένων.

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1090ff (431 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2020)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/84588/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #euripidesquotes #medea #anxiety #childrearing #concern #fatherhood #happiness #motherhood #parent #parenting #unhappiness #worry