Hello my dear parents! Welcome back. I’ll be taking on the parenting experts, the studies, the headlines, etc. on this new website. Thanks for your patience during the overhaul here. While the site looks different, the mission here remains the same – demystifying parenting news and advice. You’ll find the …
Today’s thoughts on experts and expertise come from Madeleine Morris, BBC journalist, author of Guilt-free Bottle Feeding and friend of Momma Data. A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of interviewing her about the book and her insights into breastfeeding and bottle feeding. Check out that interview here if you …
A recent offer has banished all but my remaining shreds of naivety about how the parenting media operates. Not that I was so innocent or impressionable before but now I’ve seen everything. Here’s the invitation I received this week from a casting company that works on a number of reality …
In my quest to find anybody who cares about accuracy in the parenting media, I emailed an expert who studies experts not in the mommy realm but the political, world affairs arena. In other words, someone who spends quite a bit of time thinking about experts and how to assess …
Posted some advice over at my perch at Psychology Today – What This Parent Wants to Ask the Experts. I suggested readers ask parenting experts for the evidence behind their claims and advice. Not news here but we’ll see about the general psych crowd. It’s a version of my recent letter to Santa. …