by Eve Sullivan | Aug 23, 2010 | Blog
CIVICUS World Assembly included Parents Forum . . . that is, I was there. Saturday morning’s plenary panel, moderated by Nuala McGovern of the BBC World Have Your Say, asked for contributions from the audience and I suggested:...
by Eve Sullivan | Jun 10, 2010 | Blog
One of my delightful daughters-in-law sent a link to this article on the risks of too much media use, not by kids, but by parents! Kids want and need good attention, for heaven’s sake, and online activities do have a seductive if not addictive appeal for adults...
by Eve Sullivan | May 27, 2010 | Blog
Well, well, well, it sounded a little far out, but worth a try. This morning I went to an event at Tufts put on by the Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute — there’s a mouthful! — co-sponsored by the Harvard Catalyst Community-Based...
by Eve Sullivan | May 14, 2010 | Blog
‘Babies’ is in theaters now and I enjoyed seeing it. But it seemed odd that the movie showed so little parent-child interaction. Without much apparent help or support from their parents, four babies from different parts of the world — Namibia,...
by Eve Sullivan | Apr 29, 2010 | Blog
The ‘desperate mom’ who contacted me two days ago did call back. I was able to pass along the telephone number of a wonderful social worker. But the key piece of the conversation with her was my describing my feelings, how I had experienced intense internal resistance...
by Eve Sullivan | Apr 26, 2010 | Blog
Parenting isn’t rocket science, and babies aren’t learning rocket science anyway — although some them may grow up to be theoretical physicists — but maybe, just maybe what they learn is even more difficult than all of that. I think that ** the...
