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Conscious Parenting
Not Only Trauma But Also The Reversal Of Trauma Is Inherited
Traumatic experiences in childhood increase the risk of developing behavioral and psychiatric disorders later in life. It is also known that the consequences of…
The Compassion Challenge Posed By Jo Cox’s Death
The killing of MP Jo Cox has profoundly shocked the UK. The country has been plunged into mourning, heightened by the dedicated way she lived her values of…
BirthKeeper Coaltion Summit 2016 Highlights
A national coalition of nonprofits and a diverse group of individuals, including psychologists, medical health professionals, doctors, midwives, early…
UnBreaking Birth – An Illuminating Lecture
Ryan McAllister, PhD, is a parent, a biophysicist, an Assistant Professor of Physics and Oncology at Georgetown University, and also a volunteer who…
Two Rivers Of Fatherhood
Photo: Kathy Frederick Louv, Nick Raven, Matthew Louv, Isabel Raven, Jason Louv
People like to talk about traditional fatherhood. Which tradition?
I first…
The War Against Parents – A Book Review
Caring, nurturing, cherishing--the essential components of good parenting--have less and less support in our society... In the late 1990s, America's children…
Why Babies Need Dads Too
The brain is shaped by early experience, specifically, the mothering (nurturing responsive care) we receive from mothers and fathers.
Fathers and mothers and…
Flawed Sleep-Training Study Makes Invalid Claims In the News
A flawed Australian study recently made national news. The researchers made extreme and exaggerated claims regarding infants. The researchers claimed two…
Quiet Or Scattered?
Traveling with Carly Elizabeth, 22 months today, has been a rich adventure for her and for me. Neither she nor I speak the language. People all around are…
THE SCHOOL OF NATURE: Greening Our Schools May Be The Real Cutting Edge…
Outside Atlanta, after returning from a class hike through the woods, an excited six-year-old grabbed his head and said, “There’s so much nature and I only…