Childhood

Defining The Holidays By More Than Just The Economy

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 12.15.2008 | Living


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Turn the TV off during the next few weeks, don't check your email, and lose the Blackberry. Take a few days off and have some real vacation time.

Relationship Trauma: How Does Emotional Pain from Childhood Get Lived Out in Adulthood?

Dr. Tian Dayton | Posted 07.13.2008 | Living


Dr. Tian Dayton

Mirror neurons offer a neural mechanism that explains emotional contagion, the tendency of one person to catch the feelings of another, particularly if strongly expressed.

Raise the Price of Toys

Pamela Paul | Posted 04.30.2008 | Living


Pamela Paul

The average child in America gets seventy new toys a year, and the United States, with 4 percent of the world's children, consumes 40 percent of the world's toys. This is doing our children no good.

Parenting As Competitive Sport

Ann Handley | Posted 03.21.2008 | Living


Ann Handley

I'm not sure whether marketers need to lighten up on parents, or parents need to lighten up on themselves. But either way, someone has to lighten up on childhood.

Freshly Mown Grass -- The Legal Kind

Cheryl Saban | Posted 03.06.2008 | Living


Cheryl Saban

It's up to us as parents to give our children a grace period -- the freedom from burdensome worries so they can develop a healthy respect for the beauty of life.