Today is Mothers' Day

• Tell Her You Are Grateful
For families who are struggling with custody issues, Mothers' Day (and Fathers' Day) can bring up conflicted feelings. Today focus on this: that mother helped you bring your beloved child into the world. That child carries half of that mother within every cell of their being. For that you are very grateful.

Meritocratic Affection

• Love & Merit by David Brooks
Affection intermingled with the desire to help children achieve worldly success can morph into conditional love.

Realistic Dolls Are the Best Fantasy

• Dolly "Make-Unders"
A Tasmanian scientist plays with dolls and turns them into someone you might know.

The Teenage Brain

• Good Science Translated into Good Parenting
Frances Jensen writes A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults.

Great Parenting Advice

• For Real Mothers
“Don’t kill them. You’ll want to, but don’t.” They stop giggling and never ask me for parenting advice again.

Happy Birthday Mr. Rogers!

• Gone But Not Forgotten

Early Childhood Mental Health

• Helping Young Children
“Early childhood mental health consultant” evokes an image of a toddler on a couch talking to a therapist. In fact, the work focuses on helping adults to create healthy environments.