Psych. Dept.

Some parents unfairly bash their kids for misbehaving in endless airport lines. But who wouldn’t be bored, if not exasperated?

Making holiday cookies and decorations, very much manual labor, can have significance deeper than the simple joy of their making.

Despite feminism and greater movement toward gender equality, a mother's role still lacks vital social (and financial) prestige.

Too many stories that play a critical role in therapy are based entirely on adult perspectives.

The relationship between sports and kids gets dicey when the competition calls for relentless practice and ignoring pain.

Too often, North American kids are riddled with amphetamines for not sitting still. But where's the logic?

What triggers memory and how we handle it is central to mental health and life at large.

Listening to a patient too often comes second to prescribing anti-depressants,

When it comes to extremes of narcissism, all it takes is one sick bird to drive the flock.

Teachers harp on neatness as the sign of a keen mind, but science and medicine have something else to say.

When infants distract parents with squealing and crying, the name of the game is life-giving attention.