28 07, 2014

5 Messages to Instill Compassion in Your Children

By | July 28th, 2014|Categories: Parenting|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Raising compassionate childrenĀ is no small feat these days. Because of the egocentrism of children's early years combined with the increasingly prevalent messages of selfishness, narcissism, and indifference that popular culture communicates to them, children are not likely to readily learn compassion on their own. This means that you have to make an extra effort to [...]

20 05, 2013

Help When it Helps, Don’t When it Doesn’t

By | May 20th, 2013|Categories: Parenting|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

There was a wonderful article in the NY Times last week that described when it is helpful to help your children (and others) and when it actually hurts their development.