The beginning of my horoscope today – which ends 'Start small' – is much more inspirational: 'Travel, connect with old friends and... consider offering a service that is in dire need in your community.' January looks right in line with this advice. In a week's time I...

We want parents to raise compassionate children . . . http://nyti.ms/1m00bbn . . . right The parenting education and support that social services presently offer does not seem to do enough to help enough parents accomplish this goal. I suggest we consider more peer...

Yes, there were over 4000 other representatives of nonprofits at the UN in New York last week for the Department of Public Information (DPI) NGO conference, but parenting education was represented. I was there on behalf of the International Federation for Parenting...

Before I tell you about the conference, I have to say a few words about the experience of this, my first trip to the Gulf Region. What I'm glad I brought: crackers (to have as snack instead of ordering room service), headphones (for the gym), masking tape (to make a...

Seriously, I should post more often. Tomorrow (Thursday March 27, 2014) there is a meeting of the UN NGO Committee on the Family in New York, at 12:30 in the Church Center. The topic is "Military Parents and the Family: An Exploration of Paths to Strengthen the...

Last evening, back from a movie, I was sitting at the kitchen table enjoying a cup of tea. When the phone rang I thought it might be one of my sons, but it was another mother's child. The young lady, calling from Georgia (the state, not the country), said someone had...

Good news twice! The New Yorker Dec.16 included my comments on the sad story (in the Dec.2 issue of the magazine) by Rachel Aviv who wrote about an immigrant mother losing custody of her son over a six-year period, starting when the boy was three. The Cambridge...

The first slice of bad news in this sandwich is a report in the Boston GLOBE magazine on Monday headlined "Rate of children getting mental health care rises". Lara Salah reported research (from JAMA Psychiatry Nov.27) showing that "the rate at which children and...

That is the phrase I sometimes found myself using when people asked me about my kids, especially when they were teenagers, and it is what I hope I am doing now! Two months of home renovations consumed my summer and some tasks remain, painting, wallpaper still to go...

This counts as a base hit for the parenting education team, I think! I got a letter in the Boston Globe Ideas section today June 23, 2013 Ideas section, p. K6 OpinionExtra / Sunday Forum.  The link: http://b.globe.com/123GOTv  and the text: In discussing the problem...