Margot Kirschner, PsyD

But the results of these investigations continue to show that sugar does not affect children’s behavior. So there goes that theory...

A touching and quick read. ...Perhaps she’s saying, My mom, she wasn’t perfect, but I always knew she loved me just as I was. Or, My dad really got me, and he was always in my corner, even when I did something wrong. Would your child say something like that? Or would she end up talking about how her parents always wanted her to be something she wasn’t, or didn’t take the time to really understand her, or wanted her to act in ways that weren’t authentic in order to play a particular role in the family or come across a certain way?

Even in our food-obsessed American culture... much of that work is explicitly rendered invisible. We talk about recipes, and eating, and sometimes about cleanup, but we don't discuss all of the other labor, both physical and mental, that's bundled into the single word "cooking."

Doctors often treat the vulva like a small Midwestern town that you drive through without noticing it. This is a funny quote but Women’s Health is no joke. Too often, shame keeps women from getting the medical care they deserve.

"Infants under 1 year old should not be exposed to electronic screens and that children between the ages of 2 and 4 should not have more than one hour of sedentary screen time each day" Eeek. Keep those babies and even toddlers from looking at your screens.