As part of a series on intergenerational relationships, New Professional member Toni Hill offers observations on caregiving among family members, a topic that is of increasing importance in our aging society, and the research that has and could be done.
Pauline Boss is a pioneer in the subject of family stress and, in the 1970s, she began to notice a type of grief-frozen grief, she calls it-that families experienced when a loss is ambiguous.
Early Learning Digest is a FREE parenting newsletter available for parents of 0-5 year olds. Each bi-monthly issue offers articles of interest regarding evidence-based child development and parenting tools and techniques. This newsletter is provided through a partnership with Minnesota Parents Know, Help Me Grow, and the Minnesota Department of Education. Sign up to have Early Learning Digest sent directly to your email.
NIH-funded study may increase understanding of SIDS, depressive disorders
August 09, 2011
NIH-funded scientists have developed a strain of mice with a built-in off switch that can selectively shut down the animals' serotonin-producing cells, which make up a brain network controlling breathing, temperature regulation, and mood.
Are your children tuning you out when you talk to them? Do you have to repeat yourself in order to be heard? A child's specific developmental stage influences her ability to understand and communicate. This webinar will focus on practical, accessible and developmentally appropriate parenting skills and strategies for communicating with young children ages two through six years. We will also talk briefly about signs indicating there may be an issue with receptive and expressive language, and where to go for help.
