r/ScienceBasedParenting↗
Science Based Parenting
A place to ask questions related to parenting and receive answers based on science, share relevant research, and discuss existing scientific journalism. Please check out our rules and stickied introductory post before posting/commenting. Thank you, and welcome!
286k subscribers423 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. ~1% by known bots)377 authors / mosince 2018
r/ScienceBasedParenting has 286k members (+32% over the last 12 months). It gets about 423 posts a month from 377 people. Top topics: Montessori Education, Car Seats and Educational Inequality.
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- Montessori Education0.3%
- Car Seats0.2%
- Educational Inequality0.2%
- Parenting & Education0.2%
- Parenting Issues0.2%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- CDC
- ScienceDirect
- Wiley
- Nature
- ResearchGate
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