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

Monday, April 21, 2014

You Can't Go Home Again, Or Regress to Infancy Either

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The idea of psychological regression keeps pushing its way to the front of the discussion, and I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, becaus...
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Monday, April 14, 2014

Disorderly Thinking About Developmental Trauma Disorders

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Sunday Koffron Taylor [sorry, I gave the wrong name before] kindly posted for a Facebook group the following piece: http://attachmentdiso...
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Saturday, April 12, 2014

Insecurity Is Not Pathology (cf. Linus and Woody Allen)

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 For a very long time, before attachment became a religion, Americans have been worried about “insecurity”. People who value independence a...
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Autism Awareness versus Autism Anxiety

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Today, April 2, has been designated as Autism Awareness Day, and I think this is a wonderful idea--  provided that what people are made a...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Institutions versus Foster Homes for Parentless Children: Rich and Healthy, or Poor and Sick?

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When I was a teenager, we used to think it very funny to ask people their opinions: “Is it better to be rich and healthy, or poor and sick?...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Psychozoology in the Courtroom: Dodo Birds, Woozles, Heffalumps, and Parenting

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Extinct or imaginary creatures seem to make good shorthand for referring to issues in the field of psychology. Psychologists who talk about...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

More on Overnights, Infants, and Toddlers

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A few days ago, at http://childmyths.blogspot.com/2014/03/overnights-divorce-and-new-article-by.html , I commented on a recent article that...
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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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