Lenore Skenazy's'free-range' parenting style is the basis of a new Utah law; she shares insight on'The Next Revolution.' Is there a "simple fix" to help quell kids' anxieties in an increasingly fast-paced and interconnected world? With the rise of the electronic world – social media, cable TV, 24-hour news – parents have adopted ways to protect children from unsafe spaces or disturbing content that makes kids more afraid or grow up too fast. But parents may have overcompensated, some argue. Perhaps parents led kids to their gradual decline in independence in recent decades, leading psychologist Dr. Camilo Ortiz and "Let Grow" nonprofit director Lenore Skenazy to ask "what if the problem was simply that kids are growing up so overprotected that they're scared of the world?" "If so, the solution would be simple, too," the duo wrote in a recent New York Times guest essay. "Start letting them do more things on their own."

How should we raise our children? Research has shown that the amount of parental time invested is not the only crucial element for children's skill development (Del Boca et al. 2014, Attanasio et al. 2016); parenting style also matters (Fiorini and Keane 2014). Parenting style is a strategic choice linked to incentives (Doepke and Zilibotti 2014). In order to study the relationship between parenting style and child development, researchers rely on ad hoc perceptions or previous research in order to restrict the complexities of parenting to certain key actions. For instance, reading to children has been found to be highly predictive of children's skill development (Kalb and Jan van Ours 2013).

Going by the pains and frustrations of economic headwinds, most people tend to dismiss it as another wasted year. In this milieu, we tend to overlook the tremendous significance of 2018-19 as an inflection point in workforce composition. Those born at the dawn of the new millennium have turned 18 and are at the threshold of the job market. Their share in the workforce is bound to increase over the next decade. The ability of the cohorts to absorb technology changes and the associated cultural implications is getting sharper with each succeeding generation.

A new study has found that neural circuits in the brain may play a role in determining how a parent will take care of their children - at least, if you're a mouse. Researchers activated different portions of neurons in an area of the brain and found that different subsets caused the mice to groom, interact and engage in other behaviors with their pups. It's unclear whether the same circuit exists in other mammals, but the scientists say it still serves as an interesting case study for humans. A new study has found that neural circuits in the brain may play a role in determining how a parent will take care of their children - at least, if you're a mouse The study was published Thursday in the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Harvard University specifically looked at a small cluster of neurons in the media preoptic area (MPOA) of the brain.