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 …
Children and parents do not get enough prime, serious media coverage. Not enough front page, homepage, top-of-the-news-hour this-is-really-important-business spotlight. Not unless there’s been some major, rather groundbreaking developments (e.g., reversals in peanut allergy prevention policy) or for instance, a large international study gets published with easily translatable, media-friendly, headline-ready results. …
Whatever we might think about current events in the United States, most of us could probably agree a backlash against traditional authority and expertise has ripped through the place. A fair share probably agree this discontent and distrust extends to experts in general, for instance, in the media, the economy, …
I’ve often called the autism-vaccine debacle The Perfect Storm of Parenting. Not solely for dramatic effect but because it’s true. Just look at this remarkable, combustible brew of ingredients: Botched media coverage with ongoing misinformation to this day, Botched (and fraudulent, now retracted) research, Botched public health response, The rise …
No question, parenting books appear more popular than ever. Amazon lists over 200,000 selections. Someone must be buying parenting books. Do you? I wonder why people seek these books and better yet, what kind they actually read, find useful and enjoy. I ask because, like every other psychologist and mommy …