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On learning to support your child for who he is, instead of trying to make him into who you want him to be: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/05/embracing-children-for-who-they-are/?src=me&ref=general http://www.huffingtonpost.com/juliette-fay/parental-pressure_b_2258144.html

One day I was regressing a little, and watching Justice League (TV Series 2001-2006), a cartoon show about a superhero team including, among others, Superman and Wonder Woman. In that episode Superman and Wonder Woman were fighting a villain that used magic. He created a flash of light as a distraction. When the light faded, […]

A new study out of Johns Hopkins: http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/Study-Examines-Parental-Behaviors-that-Create-Anxious-Children.aspx http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/11/02/parents-anxiety-can-trickle-down-to-kids/47072.html And another study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is showing that high levels of family stress in infancy are linked to differences in everyday brain function and anxiety in teenage girls: http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=30261

A new study, published in the journal Pediatrics, researchers Nanette Gartrell, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco (and a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles), and Henry Bos, a behavioral scientist at the University of Amsterdam, focused on what they call planned lesbian families — households […]

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre says nearly 90% of sexually explicit images are copied from their original location and re-uploaded elsewhere. A new film tries to warn teens in Scotland on the dangers of posting private photos: http://local.stv.tv/glasgow/198156-teenagers-warned-of-dangers-of-sharing-personal-videos-online/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20174033   And a new Australian campaign to educate teens about online safety: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/online-campaign-aims-to-teach-teenagers-how-to-respect-each-other-on-social-media/story-fndo471r-1226515454517