Parenting research, explained
ParentsWise is built on 32 published frameworks for raising children. These are plain-language summaries of what each one argues, and what it means on an ordinary Tuesday.
Summaries of published work, not advice, and not a substitute for an assessment.
Ross Greene · The Explosive Child
Children do well when they can. Why Plan B works where consequences do not, and the three steps in plain language.
Read →Daniel Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson · The Whole-Brain Child
A child in meltdown is running on a different part of the brain from the one you are talking to. Upstairs and downstairs, and what to do about it.
Read →Jane Nelsen · Positive Discipline
Kind and firm at the same time. The four mistaken goals, and the line between a consequence and a punishment.
Read →Julie Lythcott-Haims · How to Raise an Adult
A Stanford dean on overparenting: the checklisted childhood, failure deprivation, and the shift from concierge to consultant.
Read →More on the way, roughly in this order:
ParentsWise turns all 32 frameworks into one three-minute practice a day, each naming the idea it came from. Free, no subscription.