I’ve been struggling for some time with how to share this information because it’s one of the toughest topics I’ve ever discussed. As someone who spends time researching and educating on topics... Read more »
Domestic violence shatters the safety and refuge of home, making it a fearful place for any child who witnesses it. Children who see and hear violence experience it with their entire being—their... Read more »
By Evelyn Rappaport, Psy.D.P.C. Five-year-old Adam speaks about the war with striking clarity. He distinguishes between different types of missiles and describes the current escalation of the Iran War as “less scary”... Read more »
A major shift is transforming how we support autistic children, moving away from fixing “disordered” behaviors and toward embracing neurological difference. Traditional therapy often tried to stop natural behaviors like rocking or... Read more »
One of the many activities children and teenagers enjoy doing throughout their childhood is listening to music. Music is an outlet while children and adolescents are growing up, and can especially be... Read more »
I’m a parent. I love being a parent. I grow basil. I love making pesto. Every year around March or so, when winter starts to fade and spring peeks around the corner,... Read more »
Many young children invent imaginary companions (IC) in the early years, also known as imaginary friends. An IC may be entirely invisible, or embodied in a toy or other object. As many... Read more »
I miss the children I never had. I was never pregnant. I never miscarried. There is no medical chart, no ultrasound photo folded into a drawer. And yet, there are two girls... Read more »
A recent qualitative study invites us into the homes of nine families in Nepal to understand the “lived experience” of raising an autistic child. Using a descriptive phenomenological approach, researchers moved beyond... Read more »
Each year, two to three million children under 18 in the United States lose one or both parents. The loss of any important person in a child’s life, whether a parent, grandparent,... Read more »