I’ve been away from this blog for a while as my daughter recuperated from surgery. Over the course of her hospital stay, we encountered some weirdness, and I’m curious as to whether I am merely sleep-deprived and stressed, or whether this was really irrational. This is the group to ask.
My daughter’s surgery was predicted to result [...]
Here’s some news that will go against conventional wisdom. There are substantial risks to telling your child that he or she is smart. This totally contracts the cultural wisdom—Mom 101 is, I think, that you are supposed to fill your child up with unconditional positive regard, and many of us do that with labels like [...]
Two weeks ago, the New York Times published an article called “Debunking an Autism Theory”, which traced the history of the purported link between autism and the mumps, measles, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. It was great timing for me, because I was teaching about the scientific method in one of my classes, mainly comprised of [...]