With depression in the news this week, we wanted to join so many others who are trying to address misinformation about depression and mental health issues. Before I say anything more, I want to say that I am not an expert (in any way) about postpartum depression nor am I qualified to diagnose any

When I see an adult woman seek treatment for symptoms such as an inability to get close to people, having a hard time letting anyone do anything for them ( because this would be "selfish"), and a long pattern of having people with "big personalities" in their lives, I often wonder if my client's

You can pick your friends, but not your family -- or your neighbors. Here’s what you need to know. It used to be that everyone knew their neighbors. At the very least, you’d meet them after the kid next door accidentally hit a baseball through your living room window, or an apron-clad housewife

I know that reading to preschool and school-age children is good, but is reading to babies really important? Do they even understand what you are saying? The answer to both questions is emphatically "yes." Reading to infants contributes to the development of their growing brains and gives them a

Do you sometimes yell at your kids, just like Christine Carter? A new book can help. It was an afternoon like any other. I had picked my kids up from their after-school activities, and we were driving to dinner at my sister-in-law’s house. Because I’d left work an hour early, I still had some calls