Should More Parents Play Video Games With Their Kids?
Some parents who grew up playing video games are introducing the popular pastime to their children. Should more parents embrace the joys of gaming with their kids?
Should Parents Give Children More Responsibility at Younger Ages?
At what age do you think children should be allowed to play outdoors without supervision? Take a walk or bike ride alone? Go to a local store? Take public transportation? Stay home alone?How old were you when you first did those things? What memories do you have about them?In the Opinion essay “On Japan’s Adorable…
Do Parents Have a Role in a School Shooting? Students Discuss
The future is in our hands. Rather than doing nothing and expecting the worst, we must work hard to attain our desired future. We spend the first twenty years of our lives preparing for the future. Whether it is great or not, it is up to us teenagers and young adults. Achieving the success my…
Should Parents Ever Be Held Responsible for a School Shooting?
Last week, a Michigan teenager killed four of his classmates and wounded seven other people in the halls of his suburban Detroit high school, according to the police. He was arrested and charged with terrorism, four counts of first-degree murder and an array of other crimes.Then, the county prosecutor took the rare step of filing…
How Should Parents Support a Student Who Has Fallen Behind in School?
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Try to name as many reasons as you can why a student might fall behind in schoolwork — reasons that are particularly relevant to the challenges of the current school year. Why can it be difficult to…
Do You Want Your Parents and Grandparents to Get the New Coronavirus Vaccine?
In “First Coronavirus Vaccines Head to States, Starting Historic Effort,” Abby Goodnough, Reed Abelson and Jan Hoffman write about the hurdles of bringing the vaccine to the public:At Novant Health in Winston-Salem, N.C., the new ultracold freezers are ready — enough to eventually house more than 500,000 doses of the first coronavirus vaccine approved in…
Lesson of the Day: ‘Parents of 545 Children Separated at the Border Cannot Be...
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “Parents of 545 Children Separated at the Border Cannot Be Found” by Caitlin DickersonIn 2017, before the Trump administration’s widely publicized “zero tolerance” immigration policy went into effect, children were separated from their parents…
Have You Ever Felt Embarrassed by Your Parents?
In “Nothing Extraordinary,” a winning essay from our 2019 Personal Narrative Contest for students, Jeniffer Kim writes about a moment when she felt ashamed of her mother — and what she learned about herself from it. Her narrative begins:It was a Saturday. Whether it was sunny or cloudy, hot or cold, I cannot remember, but…
Do Your Parents Overpraise You?
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 2021.Do you regularly receive praise from your parents for your accomplishments — big and small? Do you ever think it’s too much?Do you think there’s a downside to praise — or can one never get enough approval and…
Helping Parents Hold the Line
The team also produces a newsletter twice a week, uses its social media accounts to spotlight articles related to parenting from across the newsroom and continues to create special projects: In May, the team published a collection of essays focused on motherhood and transformation, and a recent package of profiles featured families that have opted…
