Child & Family
God’s Rottweiler & the Price of Misogyny
The Vatican must realize that the church’s belligerent, resentful and paranoid response to the global scandal is not working because it now says it will cooperate with secular justice systems and that the pope will have more meetings with victims. It is too little, too late. The church that through the ages taught me... »
Spanking Your Kids Into Juggernauts
“The odds of a child being more aggressive at age 5 if he had been spanked more than twice in the month before the study began increased by 50%,” Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1981019,00.html#ixzz0l5ShgMpS »
One-Quarter of 12- to 20-Year-Olds are Current Drinkers: Report
Federal data show that 27.6 percent of 12- to 20-year-olds in the U.S. drank alcohol during the past month, via One-Quarter of 12- to 20-Year-Olds are Current Drinkers: Report. »
Coming Home: Adjustments For Military Families | American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Military families look forward to being together after a long deployment with many mixed emotions. Each family member will have different expectations. Every family situation is different. But, it is important to remember the needs and feelings of the returning family member, the adult at home and the children. via Coming Home: Adjustments For... »
Liver Transplants That Do Their Job, Then Fade Away – NYTimes.com
That result, seemingly a disaster, was exactly what his doctors had hoped for. They had deliberately withdrawn Jonathan’s antirejection medicine because he no longer needed the transplant. His own liver had — as planned — regenerated. via Liver Transplants That Do Their Job, Then Fade Away – NYTimes.com. »
Mixed Signals | Psychology Today
The difference between how you see yourself and how others see you is not just a matter of egocentrism. Like Kirsten, we all have blind spots. We change our self-conception when we see ourselves through others’ eyes. Part of the discrepancy arises because the outsider’s perspective affords information you yourself miss—like the fact that... »
Dating After Divorce: What it Means for Kids – FamilyEducation.com
The power of the reunion fantasy is not to be underestimated, says Neuman, observing that some children cling to the belief that their parents will get back together even after one parent has remarried. via Dating After Divorce: What it Means for Kids – FamilyEducation.com. »
Vital Signs – Choking Game No Mystery to Children, Oregon Study Finds – NYTimes.com
Dozens of deaths nationwide have been attributed to the activity, in which adolescents try to achieve a high by briefly depriving the brain of oxygen through strangulation. via Vital Signs – Choking Game No Mystery to Children, Oregon Study Finds – NYTimes.com. »
Rules on Addiction and Mental Health Parity Issued by Obama Administration
“Some insurance companies have already put plans in place that fall short of this laws intent, severely restricting patients access to life-saving care,” said Gumbley, who cited United Healthcare and Blue Cross/Blue Shield as examples. “This needs to change, and we encourage individuals and families covered by these plans to ask them to fully... »
Mother, Damned-est | Psychology Today
Psychologically speaking, a difficult mother is a great deal more than a person with whom we have difficulties from time to time. A truly difficult mother is one who presents her child with a profound dilemma: “Either develop complex and constricting coping mechanisms to maintain a relationship with me, at great cost to your... »