In the fast paced, solution driven world we live in, parents often feel an invisible pressure to fix everything for their children their problems, emotions, and even their smallest disappointments. It ...

Harsh words can wound—and when directed at children, they can have a lifelong impact. Research has shown that when words are routinely used by the adults in their lives to humiliate, shame or control ...

At my town’s public library, one wall of the children’s section displays posters declaring, “Babies need words every day,” encouraging me to sing, talk, and read with my child. On the radio recently, ...

My four-year-old learned three new words recently: derecho, generator, and cicada. She is old enough and talks so much that I no longer notice every one of her new words like I did during her toddler ...

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Dr. Robert J. Booker (Bob) had the ability to disagree without being disagreeable, unless he needed to; then he would. Yet he remained adamant about his position regardless of which approach he chose.