Ranked #1
How changing your story can change your life | Lori Gottlieb
How changing your story can change your life | Lori Gottlieb
Stories help you make sense of your life -- but when these narratives are incomplete or misleading, they can keep you st... Read more
1 Nov 2019
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16mins
Ranked #2
How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting | Julie Lythcott-Haims
How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting | Julie Lythcott-Haims
By loading kids with high expectations and micromanaging their lives at every turn, parents aren't actually helping. At ... Read more
13 Sep 2016
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14mins
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Ranked #3
3 fears about screen time for kids -- and why they're not true | Sara DeWitt
3 fears about screen time for kids -- and why they're not true | Sara DeWitt
We check our phones upwards of 50 times per day -- but when our kids play around with them, we get nervous. Are screens ... Read more
12 Oct 2017
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11mins
Ranked #4
For parents, happiness is a very high bar | Jennifer Senior
For parents, happiness is a very high bar | Jennifer Senior
The parenting section of the bookstore is overwhelming -- it's "a giant, candy-colored monument to our collective panic,... Read more
15 Apr 2014
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18mins
Ranked #5
The nightmare videos of children's YouTube -- and what's wrong with the internet today | James Bridle
The nightmare videos of children's YouTube -- and what's wrong with the internet today | James Bridle
Writer and artist James Bridle uncovers a dark, strange corner of the internet, where unknown people or groups on YouTub... Read more
22 Jun 2018
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16mins
Ranked #6
To This Day ... for the bullied and beautiful | Shane Koyczan
To This Day ... for the bullied and beautiful | Shane Koyczan
By turn hilarious and haunting, poet Shane Koyczan puts his finger on the pulse of what it's like to be young and ... di... Read more
8 Mar 2013
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12mins
Ranked #7
Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model. | Cameron Russell
Looks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model. | Cameron Russell
Cameron Russell admits she won "a genetic lottery": she's tall, pretty and an underwear model. But don't judge her by he... Read more
16 Jan 2013
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9mins
Ranked #8
The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain | Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain | Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jay... Read more
17 Sep 2012
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14mins
Ranked #9
The beautiful, hard work of co-parenting | Joel Leon
The beautiful, hard work of co-parenting | Joel Leon
"Co-parenting" isn't a buzzword -- it's a way of showing up for your family openly, consistently and lovingly, says stor... Read more
19 Feb 2020
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9mins
Ranked #10
How does income affect childhood brain development? | Kimberly Noble
How does income affect childhood brain development? | Kimberly Noble
Neuroscientist and pediatrician Kimberly Noble is leading the Baby's First Years study: the first-ever randomized study ... Read more
2 Apr 2019
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11mins
Ranked #11
The surprisingly logical minds of babies | Laura Schulz
The surprisingly logical minds of babies | Laura Schulz
How do babies learn so much from so little so quickly? In a fun, experiment-filled talk, cognitive scientist Laura Schul... Read more
2 Jun 2015
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20mins
Ranked #12
The case for having kids | Wajahat Ali
The case for having kids | Wajahat Ali
The global fertility rate, or the number of children per woman, has halved over the last 50 years. What will having fewe... Read more
9 May 2019
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13mins
Ranked #13
Agile programming -- for your family | Bruce Feiler
Agile programming -- for your family | Bruce Feiler
Bruce Feiler has a radical idea: To deal with the stress of modern family life, go agile. Inspired by agile software pro... Read more
25 Feb 2013
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18mins
Ranked #14
How risk-taking changes a teenager's brain | Kashfia Rahman
How risk-taking changes a teenager's brain | Kashfia Rahman
Why do teenagers sometimes make outrageous, risky choices? Do they suddenly become reckless, or are they just going thro... Read more
11 Apr 2019
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11mins
Ranked #15
The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen | Takaharu Tezuka
The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen | Takaharu Tezuka
At this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the world's cu... Read more
14 Apr 2015
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9mins
Ranked #16
A new way to think about the transition to motherhood | Alexandra Sacks
A new way to think about the transition to motherhood | Alexandra Sacks
When a baby is born, so is a mother -- but the natural (and sometimes unsteady) process of transition to motherhood is o... Read more
30 Aug 2018
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6mins
Ranked #17
Love letters to strangers | Hannah Brencher
Love letters to strangers | Hannah Brencher
Hannah Brencher's mother always wrote her letters. So when she felt herself bottom into depression after college, she di... Read more
14 Nov 2012
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4mins
Ranked #18
We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it | Nora McInerny
We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it | Nora McInerny
In a talk that's by turns heartbreaking and hilarious, writer and podcaster Nora McInerny shares her hard-earned wisdom ... Read more
9 Apr 2019
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15mins
Ranked #19
How a penny made me feel like a millionaire | Tania Luna
How a penny made me feel like a millionaire | Tania Luna
As a young child, Tania Luna left her home in post-Chernobyl Ukraine to take asylum in the US. And one day, on the floor... Read more
26 Jul 2013
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5mins