Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Book Review: "Do You Believe in Magic?", by Paul A. Offit

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Paul Offit’s new book, Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine (HarperCollins, 2013) is a smoothly writte...
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Obedient Love: Prekopova, Hellinger, and Konrad Lorenz

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The Czech psychotherapist Jirina Prekopova is a strong proponent of the use of physical restraint (“Holding Therapy”) for a range of childh...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Book Review: "The Nature and Nurture of Love", by Marga Vicedo

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I first came across Marga Vicedo’s book The Nature and Nurture of Love: From Imprinting to Attachment in Cold War America (University of Ch...
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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Tomatis Therapy is Not a Conventional Treatment

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In the last several days, I have received several comments from an annoyed Anon at http://childmyths.blogspot.com/2013/04/got-rad-dsm-v-ret...
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Friday, June 14, 2013

Conversion Therapy, Reparative Therapy, SOCE: Proposed New Jersey Legislation Prohibiting Efforts to Change Same-Sex Attraction Experienced by Minors

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On June 13, 2013, a New Jersey Assembly committee heard testimony about the bill A3371 (An act concerning the protection of minors from att...
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

When Babies Need Comforting: Part II-- Older Babies

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Yesterday I discussed some ideas about how young babies can be comforted when they are crying and fretting but don’t seem to “really need” ...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

When Babies Need Comforting: Part I-- Little Babies

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Just like the rest of us, babies get upset sometimes. Unlike many of us adults, though, babies don’t have many things they can do to make t...
Sunday, June 9, 2013

Adoption, Fostering, Child Care, Babysitting: Getting to Know a Baby

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When we meet new adults, most of us have a whole routine we do in order to be friendly and find out whether we like each other. We ask ques...
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Saturday, June 8, 2013

More on Those Lying Little Liars:Maturing and Learning Until They Lie Well

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A while ago, at http://childmyths.blogspot.com/2013/05/when-children-lie-evade-misrepresentor.html , I pointed out that it takes a good d...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Apples, Oranges, Red Herrings, and Russian Adoptees' Deaths

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In the articles by Tina Traster that I commented on a few days ago, and in many other recent places like http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Eur...