Media and Children

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    Does Time Magazine Have, er… “Attachment Issues?

    Does Time Magazine Have, er… Attachment Issues?  Sooner or later, it had to happen. The parent-guilt monster is out of its cage: it has been awakened, and it is looking for someone to blame. How did this happen? Flashback: in the academic world, a quiet revolution was unfolding over the last two or three decades. [...]

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    What’s Behind the Need to Compete as Mothers?

    How Cultural Conditioning Blinds Us to Joyful Mothering (This interview with Dr. Zucker is from the authors of the new book, Good Enough is the New Perfect.)   TNP: Why are moms so competitive with each other? JZ: Culture sets up a troubling dynamic between women – mothers or not. Comparing ourselves to one another is [...]

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    Outside the Box: Living TV Free

    A few months before our son was born, my husband and I made the decision to get rid of our TV. Neither one of us considered ourselves addicted to TV the way some people are, but when it was there, it was on.   My husband has what I call his ‘TV face’- jaw slack, eyes [...]

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    Real Kids in an Unreal World: Building Resilience and Self E

    (The following is an extract from the book, Real Kids in an Unreal World: Building Resilience and Self Esteem in Today’s Chaotic World by Maggie Dent.)                  Today’s modern world is so full of innovations, new knowledge and ways of doing things that we should all be in great [...]