Psychological Abuse of Children

Today, the American Academy of Pediatrics released a clinical report detailing the potential harms of psychological abuse on children. It was clearly stated that while psychological abuse is often hard to detect and rarely leaves physical indicators, it is just as damaging as physical abuse on children. I wanted to quickly go over some points stated in the report on what psychological abuse is and how to detect it.

Guest Post on "Notes on Parenting"

Today I wrote a post on the blog Notes on Parenting. In this post I detailed the research on how the emotional availability of parents at bedtime increases the quality of a child's sleep through the night. I gave suggestions on how to apply these research findings in everyday life and asked for comments from readers about whether they think doing these suggestions will work. Please visit this blog and take a look at this post. It may prove helpful for many parents.