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Almost Three
Standing chest deep on the third step of grandpa’s pool Carly began to sing, arms up dancing across her imagined stage. “I’m a ballerina,” she announced, as…
Parenting For A Peaceful World Inspires New Song
I was very touched to receive a message from Tracey Curtis, English singer-songwriter and mother-of-five who wrote a song called: ‘Raising Girls and Boys’…
Playful Wisdom: A Father’s Adventure
Playful Wisdom Asks: What About Fathers?
The neuroscience is conclusive: child development is model dependent. Ideally then, the focus of early childhood…
How Does Trauma Affect A Person’s Interaction With Their Child?
Trauma can change the brain . . .
. . . but the person who experienced the trauma may not be the only one whose brain changes.
In the video above,…
The Biology Of Attainment
Dr. Suzanne Zeedyk delivered this keynote address in April 2017, at the Leading Edge Conference hosted by the Association of Headteachers and Deputes in…
Home Base: The “Safe Place” We Are To Our Children
The player steps up to home base. While at the plate, he or she is perfectly safe. From this position of safety they swing the bat and hopefully hit the ball.…
Children’s Hospitals Admissions For Suicidal Thoughts Or Actions…
Children's Hospitals Admissions for Suicidal Thoughts or Actions Double During Past Decade
Study at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting…
Follow Our Children’s Lead To A Creative Lifeforce – An Award…
What is really happening when you feel like your child is "pestering" you for attention? What would happen if you responded?
In this…
Morality: Seeds Must Be Planted Rightly In Early Life
Moral Dispositions Are Influenced By Neurobiological Foundations In Childhood
It’s easy for us to believe that reasoning about moral issues is the most…
How Opinions Handicap Learning
I tend to find all kinds of odd and everyday things enormously interesting. The cells and networks that make up my brain certainly qualify in the odd and…