by PediaBlog | Nov 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
One thing we learned this week in the AAP’s updated policy statement, “Effective Discipline to Raise Healthy Children,” is that spanking and tongue lashings from parents don’t work. In fact, they often backfire and lead to more...
by PediaBlog | Nov 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, we began looking at the AAP’s updated policy statement on “Effective Discipline to Raise Healthy Children,” and were clued in to what works and, just as importantly, what doesn’t: The AAP recommends that adults caring for children...
by PediaBlog | Nov 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics released an updated policy statement on “Effective Discipline to Raise Healthy Children.” All parents raising children in the 21st century will read this and learn what they already should know: Physically...
by PediaBlog | Jun 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
What happens to children when they are separated from their parents against their will for a few minutes or a few hours, a few days or weeks or months or years? Nothing good, says Benedict Carey: Some youngsters retreat entirely, their eyes empty, bodies limp,...
by PediaBlog | Feb 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
“How can something like this happen?” is a question so many Americans are asking about a few disturbing events we’ve seen and heard on the news lately. Sexual abuse inflicted upon USA Gymnastics athletes by a doctor who was apparently...
