Attachment Theory

• The Power of Compassion
Securely attached children are those whose parents were able to acknowledge their child’s moments of fear and suffering and respond to them compassionately.

Two-Parent Households

• Of Whatever Flavor

Two-parent households (of whatever flavor) are likely to be better off financially, more attentive to the upbringing of children and more secure.

Childhood Dx/Tx

• Co-opting Normal
Has being human become a condition? Permissive drug use and over-diagnosis threatens to co-opt what it means to be human.

ADHD

• Cautionary Statistics
Nearly one in five high school age boys in the U.S. have received a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to CDC.

Diagnosing Bullying

• Defining Bullying Down
Emily Bazelon discusses the best way to identify and address real bullying.

Courthouse Dogs

• Meeting emotional needs, one dog at a time
Specially trained facility dogs assist children with physical, psychological or emotional trauma while in the court system.

Addiction

• Just Take the Meds to See If They Help
"And if they help, ‘You must have A.D.H.D.’....Stimulants will help anyone focus better. And a lot of young people like or value that feeling, especially those who are driven and have ambitions. We have to realize that these are potential addicts — drug addicts don’t look like they used to.”