Will Baum, LCSW Psychotherapy

Tag: kids

  • Why Bond?

    Another day, another study saying that healthy attachments are good for you (especially if you’re a preschooler). Research has shown that our children’s chances of future success are driven by a variety of factors, including those that are somewhat beyond our immediate control, such as genes and financial status. The new study, however, found that a…

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  • Grounding the Helicopter

    Toward a less hovering approach to parenting:   How to Land Your Kid in Therapy (The Atlantic). [A]ll of this worry about creating low self-esteem might actually perpetuate it. No wonder my patient Lizzie told me she felt “less amazing” than her parents had always said she was. Given how “amazing” her parents made her out…

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  • Raising Anxiety

    From Slate:  Girls don’t start out more anxious than boys, but they usually end up that way. When it comes to our preconceived notions about women and anxiety, women are unfairly being dragged through the mud. While women are indeed more fretful than men on average right now, this difference is mostly the result of a…

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  • “Serenity Parenting”

    Bryan Caplan looks at twin studies and concludes:  Have More Kids. Pay Less Attention to Them (WSJ): The obvious lesson to draw is that parents should lighten up.  I call it “Serenity Parenting”: Parents need the serenity to accept the things they cannot change, the courage to change the things they can, and (thank you…

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  • Being a Baby

    Jonah Lehrer asks What’s it Like to Be a Baby? [B]abies don’t have a spotlight of attention: They have a lantern. If attention is like a focused beam in adults, then it’s more like a glowing bulb in babies, casting a diffuse radiance across the world. This crucial difference in attention has been demonstrated indirectly in a…

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