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Rufus Griscom + Alisa Volkman: Let's talk parenting taboos

Babble.com publishers Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman, in a lively tag-team, expose 4 facts that parents never, ever admit -- and why they should. Funny and honest, for parents and nonparents alike.
https://www.ted.com/talks/rufus_griscom_alisa_volkman_let_s_talk_parenting_taboos

Yuko Munakata: Why most parenting advice is wrong

Parenting books promise to teach us how to raise successful children and, in doing so, reveal why each of us turned out the way we did. Developmental psychologist Yuko Munakata tells a different story, challenging and complicating the prevailing wisdom about parents' role in their children's futures.
https://www.ted.com/talks/yuko_munakata_why_most_parenting_advice_is_wrong

Joel Leon: The beautiful, hard work of co-parenting

"Co-parenting" isn't a buzzword -- it's a way of showing up for your family openly, consistently and lovingly, says storyteller and father Joel Leon. In this moving talk, he challenges all parents to play an equal, active role in their children's daily lives, even in a world that often places the weight of sacrifice on mothers alone. Leon encour...
https://www.ted.com/talks/joel_leon_the_beautiful_hard_work_of_co_parenting

Sonia Livingstone: Parenting in the digital age

How can parents ensure their children have a healthy relationship with technology? Social psychologist Sonia Livingstone suggests that the key lies in embracing technology alongside children -- and lays out a practical roadmap for how to get there.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sonia_livingstone_parenting_in_the_digital_age

Julie Lythcott-Haims: How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting

By loading kids with high expectations and micromanaging their lives at every turn, parents aren't actually helping. At least, that's how Julie Lythcott-Haims sees it. With passion and wry humor, the former Dean of Freshmen at Stanford makes the case for parents to stop defining their children's success via grades and test scores. Instead, she s...
https://www.ted.com/talks/julie_lythcott_haims_how_to_raise_successful_kids_without_over_parenting

Angela Garbes: What working parents really need from workplaces

What if we started treating parenting like the real work it is? Podcast host and CEO Angela Garbes details how working families have evolved -- and how companies haven't -- and gives insight into what parents really need from their colleagues and workplaces.
https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_garbes_what_working_parents_really_need_from_workplaces

LB Hannahs: What it's like to be a transgender dad

LB Hannahs candidly shares the experience of parenting as a genderqueer individual -- and what it can teach us about authenticity and advocacy. "Authenticity doesn't mean 'comfortable.' It means managing and negotiating the discomfort of everyday life," Hannahs says.
https://www.ted.com/talks/lb_hannahs_what_it_s_like_to_be_a_transgender_dad

Dorsa Amir: How the Industrial Revolution changed childhood

Certain elements of childhood -- school, play, homework -- are often considered universal by those who live in industrial societies. Evolutionary anthropologist Dorsa Amir draws from her time living in foraging societies to explain how the post-industrial experience of childhood is a relatively new development for humanity with wide-ranging impl...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dorsa_amir_how_the_industrial_revolution_changed_childhood

Glen Henry: What I've learned about parenting as a stay-at-home dad

Glen Henry got his superpowers through fatherhood. After leaving behind a job he hated and a manager he didn't get along with, he went to work for an equally demanding boss: his kids. He shares how he went from thinking he knew it all about being a stay-at-home parent to realizing he knew nothing at all -- and how he's now documenting what he's ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/glen_henry_what_i_ve_learned_about_parenting_as_a_stay_at_home_dad

Jennifer Senior: For parents, happiness is a very high bar

The parenting section of the bookstore is overwhelming -- it's "a giant, candy-colored monument to our collective panic," as writer Jennifer Senior puts it. Why is parenthood filled with so much anxiety? Because the goal of modern, middle-class parents -- to raise happy children -- is so elusive. In this honest talk, Senior offers some kinder an...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_senior_for_parents_happiness_is_a_very_high_bar

Emilie Weight: 3 things I learned from my intellectually disabled son

As a mother with a son affected with Fragile X syndrome -- a genetic disorder -- Emilie Weight believes that a diagnosis of disability can create opportunity, not despair. Her son's differences compelled her to question her inner self and her role in the world. With this new mindset she discovered his true superhero qualities when she stopped tr...
https://www.ted.com/talks/emilie_weight_3_things_i_learned_from_my_intellectually_disabled_son

Michael Fey: Are you technically fit to parent?

Hidden behind the allure of the newest innovations on the web are plenty of potential pitfalls for children—from online bullying to inappropriate content. Michael Fey offers practical advice for parents to close the digital divide between them and their children to help ensure the whole family has a healthy interaction discovering and enjoying t...
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_fey_are_you_technically_fit_to_parent

Alastair O'Neill: When genetic choice becomes personal

If you could guarantee that your child would avoid inheriting a serious condition, such as blindness, would you do it? Alastair O'Neill describes the wrenching decisions people have made now that science can pre-screen healthy embryos.
https://www.ted.com/talks/alastair_o_neill_when_genetic_choice_becomes_personal

Juniper Fitzgerald: Why we need to stop stigmatizing mothers who do sex work

In this eye-opening talk, author and former sex worker Juniper Fitzgerald challenges societal beliefs about mothers in the sex work industry and discusses how a systemic overhaul of their representation can empower them personally and professionally.
https://www.ted.com/talks/juniper_fitzgerald_why_we_need_to_stop_stigmatizing_mothers_who_do_sex_work

Lynne Elvins: The myths of gay adoption

Lynne Elvins candidly shares the experience of adopting a son with her partner Emma -- and what it can teach us about authenticity and advocacy.
https://www.ted.com/talks/lynne_elvins_the_myths_of_gay_adoption

Anna Malaika Tubbs: How moms shape the world

Mothers undeniably impact and shape history -- but their stories are often left out or misrepresented, says sociologist and author Anna Malaika Tubbs. This erasure limits policies to support mothers and their essential roles in society. Citing the remarkable lives of Alberta King, Louise Little and Berdis Baldwin (the mothers of Martin Luther Ki...
https://www.ted.com/talks/anna_malaika_tubbs_how_moms_shape_the_world

Ebony Roberts and Shaka Senghor: How to co-parent as allies, not adversaries

When Shaka Senghor and Ebony Roberts ended their relationship, they made a pact to protect their son from its fallout. What resulted was a poetic meditation on what it means to raise a child together, yet apart. In this moving and deeply personal talk, Senghor and Roberts share their approach to co-parenting -- an equal, active partnership that ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ebony_roberts_and_shaka_senghor_how_to_co_parent_as_allies_not_adversaries

Yuko Munakata: The science behind how parents affect child development

Parents, take a deep breath: how your kids turn out isn't fully on you. Of course, parenting plays an important role in shaping who children become, but psychologist Yuko Munakata offers an alternative, research-backed reality that highlights how it's just one of many factors that influence the chaotic complexity of childhood development. A reth...
https://www.ted.com/talks/yuko_munakata_the_science_behind_how_parents_affect_child_development

Dwight Stitt: One dad's mission to rebuild bonds between kids and their fathers

As a father of four, Dwight Stitt believes that family connection is everything. In this heartfelt talk, Stitt shares his own hardships of fatherhood in the wake of divorce. Determined to maintain strong bonds with his children, he imparts a collection of lessons that he hopes will keep all dads -- divorced or not -- deeply connected to their kids.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dwight_stitt_one_dad_s_mission_to_rebuild_bonds_between_kids_and_their_fathers

Cameron Herold: Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs

Bored in school, failing classes, at odds with peers: This child might be an entrepreneur, says Cameron Herold. In his talk, he makes the case for parenting and education that helps would-be entrepreneurs flourish -- as kids and as adults.
https://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_herold_let_s_raise_kids_to_be_entrepreneurs

Aala El-Khani: What it's like to be a parent in a war zone

How do parents protect their children and help them feel secure again when their homes are ripped apart by war? In this warm-hearted talk, psychologist Aala El-Khani shares her work supporting -- and learning from -- refugee families affected by the civil war in Syria. She asks: How can we help these loving parents give their kids the warm, secu...
https://www.ted.com/talks/aala_el_khani_what_it_s_like_to_be_a_parent_in_a_war_zone

Helen Pearson: Lessons from the longest study on human development

For the past 70 years, scientists in Britain have been studying thousands of children through their lives to find out why some end up happy and healthy while others struggle. It's the longest-running study of human development in the world, and it's produced some of the best-studied people on the planet while changing the way we live, learn and ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/helen_pearson_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_human_development

Eduardo Briceño: How to get better at the things you care about

Working hard but not improving? You're not alone. Eduardo Briceño reveals a simple way to think about getting better at the things you do, whether that's work, parenting or creative hobbies. And he shares some useful techniques so you can keep learning and always feel like you're moving forward.
https://www.ted.com/talks/eduardo_briceno_how_to_get_better_at_the_things_you_care_about

Roberto D'Angelo + Francesca Fedeli: In our baby's illness, a life lesson

Roberto D'Angelo and Francesca Fedeli thought their baby boy Mario was healthy -- until at 10 days old, they discovered he'd had a perinatal stroke. With Mario unable to control the left side of his body, they grappled with tough questions: Would he be "normal?” Could he live a full life? The poignant story of parents facing their fears -- and h...
https://www.ted.com/talks/roberto_d_angelo_francesca_fedeli_in_our_baby_s_illness_a_life_lesson

Gabriela Roa: How a child's mess could help you rediscover your creativity

Self-described control freak Gabriela Roa thought she had everything under control when her son was born -- little did she know what it was like to live with a toddler. Initially, she tried to fight back against her son's messiness, but learned a surprising lesson when she decided to start embracing it. After studying the way in which chaos can ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/gabriela_roa_how_a_child_s_mess_could_help_you_rediscover_your_creativity

Lana Yarosh: How technology can reconnect parents and kids

When children are separated from their parents -- whether due to migration, custody changes, incarceration or any number of other factors -- how can families maintain connection? Computer scientist Lana Yarosh showcases why it's important to design technology that empowers people to share meaningful interactions beyond a video chat or phone call...
https://www.ted.com/talks/lana_yarosh_how_technology_can_reconnect_parents_and_kids

Steven Addis: A father-daughter bond, one photo at a time

A long time ago in New York City, Steve Addis stood on a corner holding his 1-year-old daughter in his arms; his wife snapped a photo. The image has inspired an annual father-daughter ritual, where Addis and his daughter pose for the same picture, on the same corner, each year. Addis shares 15 treasured photographs from the series, and explores ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_addis_a_father_daughter_bond_one_photo_at_a_time

Steven Levitt: Surprising stats about child carseats

Steven Levitt shares data that shows car seats are no more effective than seatbelts in protecting kids from dying in cars. However, during the question and answer session, he makes one crucial caveat.
https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_levitt_surprising_stats_about_child_carseats

Colin Stokes: How movies teach manhood

When Colin Stokes' 3-year-old son caught a glimpse of "Star Wars," he was instantly obsessed. But what messages did he absorb from the sci-fi classic? Stokes asks for more movies that send positive messages to boys: that cooperation is heroic, and respecting women is as manly as defeating the villain.
https://www.ted.com/talks/colin_stokes_how_movies_teach_manhood

Molly Wright: How every child can thrive by five

"What if I was to tell you that a game of peek-a-boo could change the world?" asks seven-year-old Molly Wright, one of the youngest-ever TED speakers. Breaking down the research-backed ways parents and caregivers can support children's healthy brain development, Wright highlights the benefits of play on lifelong learning, behavior and well-being...
https://www.ted.com/talks/molly_wright_how_every_child_can_thrive_by_five
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