by Stacey
Here’s one thing we learned from the Dalai Lama’s visit last week to Seattle. Enlightened people do not glare at parents whose children are being fussy on airplanes. Enlightened people sympathize with such parents and offer respect and admiration.
According to this article in the Seattle Times, the Dalai Lama flew from Tokyo to […]

by Stacey
No one’s kid is perfect. Most of us struggle at some point in the day with our kids’ behavior, at times skillfully getting them to do what we want and other times using threats and bludgeons (okay not really). But some parents struggle more than others. This article in the Washington Post looks at […]

by Stacey
Sorry Sascha. Sometimes it can seem like living with a toddler is like living with a wild animal. Unwanted food gets thrown on the floor, magazines you haven’t read yet get ripped to shreds, puzzle pieces get hurled across the room. But according to this article in the NY Times, one of the nation’s […]

by Stacey
Pediatricians should screen all children for autism twice by age 2, according to two new reports issued today by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Up until now, the group recommended screening between 18 and 24 months of age, according to this AP story. Experts say one in 150 U.S. children have the troubling developmental […]

by Stacey
Despite what pediatricians have been telling beleaguered parents for years, colic may more than just a benign nuisance. “Few common afflictions of infancy may be as difficult to endure,” writes Dr. Jerome Groopman, the Recanti Professor at Harvard University in an article aptly entitled “Crybabies,” that appears in the Sept. 17 issue of The […]