The Perils of Sticker Charts

• Creating Transactional Family Relationships
Priming children to expect rewards for good behavior can harm their social skills in the long term.

Fear Conditioning in Young Girls

• What We Teach Girls
What a firefighter has to say about teaching fear to young girls and why it is not cute.

Creativity and Genius

• Raising a Creative Child
Child prodigies rarely become adult geniuses–– what holds them back is a lack of creativity.

ACEs Movie

Resilience
Filmmaker James Redford's newest documentary makes it to Sundance. Although the review downplays it, Resilience makes the lingering effects of adverse childhood experiences accessible to the movie-going public.

Child Neglect

• Love is Not Enough
Child neglect is not about love. It's about brain growth, anchored in minute-to-minute and day-to-day interactions with caregivers. The science behind child welfare is discussed in a paper from Yale University's Institute for Child Success.

Attachment and Terrorism

• Understanding Terrorism
Suzanne Zeedyk discusses the link between childhood trauma and terrorism.

Free-Range Kids

• Playing

How can we be the home of the brave when we’re too scared to let our kids go out and become smart, successful, resilient, resourceful and independent by doing what we all did at their age? Playing.