What age stereotypes begin to set in

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SUBSCRIBE to TIME Magazine Helloey parents, I am no longer in the phase of parenting where I need to worry so much about who is looking after the kids. In fact, should I even have the temerity to ask my children where they are, there's a day of sulking from them. But as I watch my colleagues who have kids who need looking after, only the women seem very stressed about it. Is this where the domestic frontier is now? When men start to sweat about that day when the childcare center is closed or the nanny needs to take off, will we know we have reached parenting parity? Or is that unrealistic? How much of this phenomenon is that women are biologically programmed to worry about their offspring, or just got into the habit of thinking about care because they were the ones who did it when the kid was still nursing? Or is it because this is the image we still see, even now: mom with kids, dad with briefcase. Is it nurturing or nature? I'd love to know if anybody divides up the marital chores so that their male spouse is the childcare organizer. I'm at belinda.luscombe@time.com or @luscombeland on Twitter. Feel free to follow me, but not necessarily my parenting philosophy. P.S. If you like this newsletter, please pass it on to a friend. And if you got it from a friend, sign up here for email delivery each Friday. You know, more or less. roundup If you still have littles, then you—and they—are going to really dig this charming video from Sandra Boynton, which TIME previewed as she gets ready to release her new kids' album Hog Wild, her royalties from which go to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp. My family pretty much made it through the difficult kids'-music-on-long-car-rides years with an earlier album of hers, Philadelphia Chickens. She and I also had a chat about how to engage a kids' imagination. Please enjoy. TIME The age old parenting dilemma: how to get kids to talk at the table. Some pretty good tricks herein, including a link to a list of questions that cannot be answered with a yes or no. Coolmompicks When do kids start to believe that boys are supposed to go out and have adventures and girls are supposed to stay home and do chores? Much younger than we realize, a new study suggests. TIME Jean Twenge, the professor who wrote the book iGen, which suggests, among other things that childhood is being ruined by devices and social media, has another interesting new academic paper out. She argues that teenagers are actually doing far fewer grown-up and sometimes dangerous things than the generations before. This means less sex, dating, drinking alcohol, working for pay, going out without their parents, and driving. She thinks teenagers are actually growing up more slowly than before. Your mileage may vary.  Child Development This weekend has been designated Gold Star Mother's Day. That's a day for moms whose sons died in war, in this case, while serving in the U.S. military. Here's the story of one, who decided to complete her son's dream of going to college. ABC. In case you were wondering, friends are not a volume business. Having one or two close pals is much better for your kid's mental health and happiness than  being very popular. WSJ In really exciting news, there's a new type of cutting edge genetic testing in California that's helping a lot of babies who are born with symptoms that doctors can't diagnose. TIME PFFT: Parenting from Famous Types Jessica Biel, actor, mother of one (and wife of  musician....) "If you wake my kid up in the middle of the night by accident, you're dead to me. You come in my house, you do some crazy thing. You make too much noise, you turn on the music, you are out." To Unsubscribe You have received this e-mail because you are subscribed to this newsletter from TIME.com. Unsubscribe here. Update Email Click here to update your email address. Privacy Policy Please read our Privacy Policy, or copy and paste this link into your browser: http://timeinc.net/subs/privacy/td/policy.html All products and services featured are based solely on editorial selection. TIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. For Further Communication Please contact parents@time.com TIME Customer Service 3000 University Center Drive Tampa, FL 33612-6408 Connect with TIME Find TIME on Facebook Follow TIME on Twitter Subscribe to more TIME Newsletters Get TIME on your Mobile Device Get TIME on your iPad Subscribe to RSS Feed