https://childlearningresources.com/blog/ Research-backed parenting posts and local kids' activity guides for Idaho families. en-us https://childlearningresources.com/blog/what-predicts-how-kids-do-after-divorce/ https://childlearningresources.com/blog/what-predicts-how-kids-do-after-divorce/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The research on children and divorce has been badly reported for forty years. The average effect is real and small, a large share of it was measurable before the separation, and the factor that carries most of the damage is one a parent can change alone. https://childlearningresources.com/blog/shared-custody-schedules-activities/ https://childlearningresources.com/blog/shared-custody-schedules-activities/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The research on shared custody and kids' activities doesn't say what the enrollment forms assume. Here's what the evidence on skill learning, dropout, and joint custody actually shows, and where it stays honestly silent. https://childlearningresources.com/blog/anxiety-that-looks-like-defiance/ https://childlearningresources.com/blog/anxiety-that-looks-like-defiance/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A huge amount of what gets labeled "defiant" in kids is anxiety with nowhere else to go. Here's what the research actually shows about the overlap, why standard discipline can backfire on it, and what to do instead. https://childlearningresources.com/blog/twin-falls-haunted-houses/ https://childlearningresources.com/blog/twin-falls-haunted-houses/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Scare levels, dates and prices for the haunted attractions near Twin Falls this October, including which ones younger kids can handle, and which three have not announced a 2026 season at all. https://childlearningresources.com/blog/magic-valley-pumpkin-patches/ https://childlearningresources.com/blog/magic-valley-pumpkin-patches/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Six Magic Valley pumpkin patches and corn mazes, checked against the venues' own sources. Only one has published 2026 dates: here's what we could and couldn't verify. https://childlearningresources.com/blog/twin-falls-trick-or-treat/ https://childlearningresources.com/blog/twin-falls-trick-or-treat/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Twin Falls' two big Halloween events both land on Saturday, October 31 this year, and they overlap. The timing, the order to do them in, and what to bring. https://childlearningresources.com/blog/why-your-kid-isnt-sleeping/ https://childlearningresources.com/blog/why-your-kid-isnt-sleeping/ Tue, 05 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT A dad's deep dive into the peer-reviewed research on children's sleep, what actually moves the needle, what the cry-it-out wars get wrong, and why most of the parenting-internet debates are asking the wrong question. https://childlearningresources.com/blog/quarter-method-teaching-kids-money/ https://childlearningresources.com/blog/quarter-method-teaching-kids-money/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT A dad's simple three-jar system for teaching a 7-year-old about money, saving, and taking initiative, backed by Cambridge research showing financial habits form by age 7. https://childlearningresources.com/blog/why-i-never-make-my-daughters-clean-their-plates/ https://childlearningresources.com/blog/why-i-never-make-my-daughters-clean-their-plates/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT "Do I need to finish my plate, Daddy?" My daughters ask me this at nearly every meal. That question sent me down a research rabbit hole that completely changed how I think about mealtimes. https://childlearningresources.com/blog/invisible-echo-yelling-impact-children/ https://childlearningresources.com/blog/invisible-echo-yelling-impact-children/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT A dad's deep dive into the neuroscience of harsh verbal discipline and why I had to change how I respond to my daughters. https://childlearningresources.com/blog/why-i-built-this-dads-mission/ https://childlearningresources.com/blog/why-i-built-this-dads-mission/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT The story behind Child Learning Resources and why finding activities for your kids shouldn't be this hard.