CHILDMYTHS

The "Childmyths" blog is a spin-off of Jean Mercer's book "Thinking Critically About Child Development: Examining Myths & Misunderstandings"(Sage, 2015; third edition). The blog focuses on parsing mistaken beliefs that can influence people's decisions about childrearing-- for example, beliefs about day care, about punishment, about child psychotherapies, and about adoption. See also http://thestudyofnonsense.blogspot.com

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Babies and TV: Why Not Have Them Watch?

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The American Academy of Pediatrics has again spoken against screen entertainment for children under two. They made their first policy statem...

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Infant and Toddler Overnights: A Focus of Divorce Disagreements

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When couples have children of infant and toddler age, the breakdown of marriage is often followed by intense and bitter argument over allowi...

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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Ages and Stages of Baby Emotion: A Natural History

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In a recent query apparently directed to another reader, one reader of this blog asked, “when do babies start to feel grief and other emotio...

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Saturday, April 2, 2011

Rats and Mice and Such Small Deer: Can They Help Us Learn About Human Infants?

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Over at http://marginalperspectives.blogspot.com there’s a discussion going on about research on other species. Reference has been made to a...

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Jean Mercer: Jean Mercer has a Ph.D in Psychology from Brandeis University, earned when that institution was 20 years old (you do the math). She is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Richard Stockton College, where for many years she taught developmental psychology, research methods, perception, and history of psychology. Since about 2000 her focus has been on potentially dangerous child psychotherapies, and she has published several related books and a number of articles in professional journals. Her CV can be seen at http://childmyths.blogspot.com/2009/12/curriculum-vitae-jean.mercer-richard.html.

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