I found a simple, yet powerful, letter in the Los Angeles Times. Esther A. Jantzen wrote an opinion letter entitled, “Dear Richard Riordan: An open letter to the former L.A. mayor on making parenting education part of public school reform.” I couldn’t say it better myself, so I won’t. It’s short and to the point [...]

As a person familiar with anxiety and all its ramifications I read Robin Marantz Henig‘s article “Understanding the Anxious Mind” in the New York Times with great interest. Henig primarily focuses on Jerome Kagan‘s longitudinal study beginning in 1989, which looked at whether babies were easily upset or not when exposed to new things. They [...]

Jennifer Kolari, author of her recently released parenting book “Connected Parenting“, posted a blog worth reading on justthefactsbaby.com. The blog entitled “And you thought you were just playing peek-a-boo” states that parents playing the age old peek-a-boo with their baby are in fact creating something quite wonderful. This “mirroring” interaction soothes and calms our baby [...]

Check out a lovely article in the NCAdvertiser.com written by Julie Butler Evans entitled “Parenting from the trenches – Learning the life lesson of letting go.” Julie beautifully describes the dilemma that many parents face. She says that knowing when and how to draw the line between holding on to our kids and letting go [...]

I read a great article in examiner.com entitled “Parenting Intervention for School Bullying,” written by Kara Tamanini (@KidTherapist). Our kids are back at school and bullying is something that, unfortunately, many have to face. The more that parents familiarize themselves with all aspects of bullying, the greater chance we have to diminish it’s tentacles. Some [...]

I came across a beautifully written article by author Leslie Gilbert-Lurie in the Huffington Post called “10 Ways to Minimize Your Child’s Stress.” Leslie is a daughter of a Holocaust survivor and talks about the stress that can be passed on from generation to generation. She has wonderful suggestions for dealing with this and other [...]

I felt a sadness and a quiet desperation when I read an article in parentcentral.ca by Joseph Hall called “Children Feel Weight of Body Image.” He discusses the tragic obsession about body image and weight in our youth. Nothing new except that the study under discussion looked at about 4,200 children from Nova Scotia and [...]

I came across a great article entitled “Top 7 Sites for Parenting How-To Videos” on Mashable – The Social Media Guide. It was written by Jeana Lee Thnk. Jeana has researched sites that give parenting advice using how-to videos. I find this a wonderful connected way of communication. The videos from these sites that I [...]

Just read a great article called “Why Have Trustful Parenting and Children’s Freedom Declined in Recent Decades?” written by Peter Gray for Psychology Today about some of the reasons why parents today feel the need to be overly directive and protective in raising their children.  He talks about some of the historical and social shifts in communities, schooling and [...]

Check out this article on examiner.com called “Parenting and Education 101: How do you prepare for the first day of kindergarten?” Maya Creedman gives some suggestions to parents for dealing with their child’s first day at kindergarten. This is a succinct and helpful article. There is one sentence in particular that I liked, “If your [...]