The Brave New World of Parenting in the Pandemic

Posted by on Jan 6, 2021 We didn’t ask for this.  Who would? Who would sign up for a year of wearing masks and being wary of any person you see? What parents would choose to be the drill sergeant who keeps their children on ZOOM all day? But here we are, in the strangest version of Brave New World. How can you find ways to cope and even thrive in the midst of restrictions and adversity? I am going to offer some ideas....
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Changing Time Zones

Posted by on Nov 25, 2015 They came in the mail – translucent children’s blocks for making anything a kid might dream up. But when I opened the carton, Styrofoam figure-8s came pouring out. They flew onto my rug, where they turned into rubbish I had to clean up before my next patient came in. Later that week I observed in a preschool class for two-year-olds, where those very pieces of packaging were materials...
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Disguises

Posted by on Nov 5, 2015 Halloween is old. No matter how ghoulish the disguise, fake blood and fangs don’t fool you. The real disguises are right in front of you. You may be missing the clues this very moment. They come through actions or ways of being that make no sense. What’s up with him, that man that gets so angry when someone looks at him? How could she stay with him, the guy that berates her all the time? There’s...
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