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Quick Reads
Under seven minutes
Short, immediately usable pieces for the evenings when there is very little left.
School
The Homework Hour: Ending the Nightly Standoff
By four o'clock a child has already spent six hours regulating themselves in a demanding environment. The worksheet is not the problem — the timing, the tank and the referee's role are.
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Executive Functioning
The Morning That Unravels: Why Getting Out of the Door Is So Hard
Shoes, coats, teeth, bags. The school run asks a developing brain to sequence more decisions before nine o'clock than most adults make before lunch — and it is almost never about defiance.
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Anxiety
The Weather Inside: Helping Children Carry Anxiety About the World
Climate, conflict, headlines they were never meant to see. Children are absorbing global fear at an age when the world should still feel small — and reassurance alone will not hold it.
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