🌟When’s It OK to Lie To Our Kids?
Plus, Passover crafts and the 5 benefits of pets for your kids.
Jed Baker
April 13, 2025
🌟 TRENDING
A Little White Lie: What To Know About ‘Parenting by Lying’
We’ve all told our kid a little lie (or two) to get them to comply. Here’s what research says about being dishonest with our children, as well as the different lies parents tell that can sometimes affect our kids in the long run.
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🌟 5 THINGS
5 Reasons Pets Are Beneficial For Kids
Already a pet parent or contemplating becoming one? In honor of National Pet Month in May, here are just a handful of advantages that pets can have on kids; emotional, psychological, social and beyond.
Pets show kids responsibility
Pets can help with learning
Pets teach kids social skills
Pets enhance emotional support and regulation
Pets encourage physical development
🌟 SCREEN/LIFE BALANCE
9 Crafts & Decor For an Extra Creative Passover
From a DIY matzah house to a parting-of-the-red-sea seder table, these ideas from creative parents and educators on social media are easy to recreate at home for Passover.
🌟 TLDR
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