Monday, December 30, 2013

ADHD, the aggressive child and the elephant in the room

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(Three recent news items lead me to republish a post that predated my Boston.com days. The first is a new study showing that antipsychotics...
Sunday, December 22, 2013

Why substituting "behavioral" health care for "mental" health care is wrong

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A colleague of mine recently pointed out a study by the Center for Health Care Strategies  (CHCS) about mental health care for children. Amo...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Are iPad attachments for bouncy seats and potty seats a violation of infants' rights?

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I was contemplating writing a blog post about the movement by the Boston-based advocacy group Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood urgi...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Rising incidence of "ADHD" calls for radical rethinking

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When the American Academy of Pediatrics changed the guidelines for ADHD  to expand age of diagnosis to include children from age 4-18 (from ...
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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Buddhism, brain science, and parenting: towards an integration

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In the past week I had two profound yet seemingly polar opposite conversations about how to promote healthy development. The first was a...
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Authoritarian parenting vs. parenting with authority

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Authoritarian parenting, as in "my way or the highway," and its opposite, permissive parenting with lack of limit setting, may be ...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

What might redefining "term pregnancy" mean for parents and babies?

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So far the discussion on the policy change by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology  (ACOG) has focused on the implication for ...