…“the passing of the attachment baton” as Dr. Neufeld calls it. When children and teens experience separation from their parents or other adults they are attached to, it can produce…
It is clear to me when I watch many popular programs geared to the adolescent population that there is a definite absence of parent in the lives of the characters….
…bit self-indulgent I suppose but I am also convinced it is needed. So here it is! This Empathy course is my rant. It is reminder to the developmentalists-at-heart of how…
…that classroom. I was in a special reading group (I thought it was because I was dumb and bad, but looking back, I realize that it was a pullout program…
The devastating forest fires that are affecting Fort McMurray, Alberta are every parent’s nightmare, as are similar natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, and hurricanes. Our deepest instincts are…
…school. Back to the pandemic at hand. There is this idea that has taken root in our society that school is the most important factor in learning, if not development…
…ways to find it of course, but our children are especially magical at evoking this particular breed of love. It’s the kind that is needed to survive the previously unimaginable,…
…enhance life, but it can also create huge problems if structures are not defined around how it is going to fit into healthy development and family life, particularly with our…
This is the final installment of Dr. Deborah MacNamara’s three-part series on the sensitive (‘orchid’) child. The first installment painted a picture of the sensitive (‘orchid’) child. The second installment…
Before I had my own children, I remember being invited many years ago to a traditional Passover Seder at the home of our rabbi and his family. I expected to…