Child development

(The following is an extract from the book, Real Kids in an Unreal World: Building Resilience and Self Esteem in Today’s Chaotic World by Maggie Dent.)…

Remembering and telling how our own family food cultures nourished (or not) and nurtured (or not) our childhoods can allow us to become present to…

Rescue Remedy Works! There is a little natural remedy bottle without which I could not have brought up my…

Watch Jean Liedloff talk with Michael Mendizza, of Touch the Future, about her adventures into the South American rainforests as a young woman and what she…

We pay almost anyone to look after infants — except their mothers. Evidence that good mothering matters, both for the…

Once there was a little boy with golden hair and golden skin and a golden heart. Goldenheart was his name, but his Dad was awfully sad. He was…

Nurturing the Whole Child In such a fast-paced society, bombarded with television and over-stimulation, there is a growing need in our children to learn to…

Published in Kindred issue 28 as part of a larger feature, Raising Drug Free Kids. See also From Harry Potter to Pot, Know Your Drugs, Raising Drug Free Kids, a…

Your stomach groans audibly as you watch your two-year-old inhale his third cup of radioactive-looking green jelly, slurping it from the…

The reasons behind drug-use in young people are complex and many. However, escaping from painful feelings is often the…