Tomorrow is April Fool’s Day! I haven’t planned anything fun for my kids yet, but I will definitely do something as my kids love this silly holiday!

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Here are some interesting parenting links we found around the web this week!

E D U C A T I O N

Nonacademic Skills Are Key To Success. But What Should We Call Them? via NPR Ed

Should emotions be taught in schools? via Ted Ed

Why 30 Million Words Are Critical to Your Child’s Future Success via Read Brightly

Why Kids Shouldn’t Sit Still in Class via New York Times

Want to Raise Successful Kids? Neuroscience Says Read to Them Like This (but Most Parents Don’t) via Inc.

Germany Is Taking Away Kindergarteners’ Toys to Curb Future Addiction via The Atlantic

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H E A L T H

States Give New Parents Baby Boxes To Encourage Safe Sleep Habits via Upworthy

HPV Vaccine Could Protect More People With Fewer Doses, Doctors Insist via NPR

Oh Great, Now Even Stainless Steel Bottles Have High Levels of Lead via Mom.me

The Dangerous Consequences of Potty Training Too Early via For Every Mom

WHY IT’S BECOME SO HARD TO GET AN ABORTION: When you can’t ban something outright, it’s possible to make the process of obtaining it so onerous as to be a kind of punishment. via The New Yorker

The everyday trauma of childbirth made me stop at one child via The Guardian

P A R E N T I N G

How To Raise A Good Person – Instead Of One Who Is Just Afraid Of Being Bad via Parent.co

Why do we make children sleep alone? via LA Times

Why You Should Hug Your Kids When They Are Being Horrible. via PickleBums

How to Teach Kids to Be Grateful: Give Them Less via The Atlantic

How The “Tricky People” Concept Saved My Boys via Time Well Spent

Social Norms, Moral Judgments, and Irrational Parenting: From Chinese foot binding to today’s extreme constraints on children’s freedom. via Psychology Today

HIGH-PRESSURE PARENTING: We invest far more time and money in raising our children than our parents did. Ryan Avent wonders whether we’re doing it in their best interests – or in ours via 1843 Magazine

10 Ways to Raise Extraordinary Human Beings via Hey Sigmund

GENERAL INTEREST

I Do… Want a Baby: 10 Conversations to Have Before Becoming Parents via The Gottman Institute

Her young daughter asked Gap for clothes that weren’t so girlie — and the CEO listened via Washington Post

Parents to ‘world school’ their two daughters for a year — with a flexible travel schedule and a broad curriculum via Washington Post

How Do Kids See the World on a Family Trip? via New York Times

More Grandparents than Ever via New York Times

Suburban Sprawl Stole Your Kids’ Sleep via Citylab