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  • Psychologist: America’s Suicide Crisis Linked to ‘Lack of Meaning’

    Psychologist: America’s Suicide Crisis Linked to ‘Lack of Meaning’0

    As an addendum to my blogpost from a couple of weeks ago (and to Shelia Liaugminas’ subsequent, related post) I would like to share this piece published in the New York Times. Clay Routledge, professor of psychology from North Dakota State University, has tried to account for the alarming rise in suicides across the US

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  • Psychologist: 8 Ways Parents Can Get a Child to Read

    Psychologist: 8 Ways Parents Can Get a Child to Read0

    A friend of mine recently took her two-year-old son out of state to a family wedding for three weeks. When they returned, her son was talking in a fluent and skilled manner. After hearing him speak, a family member of mine noted in amazement how articulate the little boy had become. I laughed and said,

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  • Psychologist: “Modern Life is Not Good for Mental Health”

    Psychologist: “Modern Life is Not Good for Mental Health”0

    The subtitle of Dr. Jean Twenge’s book may say it all: “Why Today’s Young Americans Are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled—and More Miserable Than Ever Before.” As Jesse Singal explains in a piece for NY Mag, Twenge—a social psychologist at San Diego State University—has spent many years examining why “ever since the 1930s, young people in America

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  • Psychologist: ‘Parenting Correctness’ Leading Parents Astray

    Psychologist: ‘Parenting Correctness’ Leading Parents Astray0

    The other day, NPR published a glowing article describing the decline in spanking over the last several decades. Parents, it seems, are resorting to other forms of non-physical punishment, including “time-outs.” I thought this was interesting, particularly since the generation that grew up under this switch in discipline methods seems to now be exhibiting signs

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  • Psychologist: ‘Authoritative Parenting’ is Best for Children

    Psychologist: ‘Authoritative Parenting’ is Best for Children0

    Several months ago, Dr. Leonard Sax made headlines when he proposed that the lack of discipline we see in America today is simply the surface symptom of a greater problem: the decline of parental authority. Dr. Sax’s theories were recently underscored by psychologist Lisa Damour in a New York Times piece on the benefits of

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  • Psychologist on the Breakdown of Discourse: ‘I’m a Liberal Professor and My Liberal Students Scare Me’

    Psychologist on the Breakdown of Discourse: ‘I’m a Liberal Professor and My Liberal Students Scare Me’1

    At a recent NYU debate, psychologist Jonathan Haidt was one of several panelist who discussed free speech and the exchange of ideas on campuses, as well as the rise of microaggressions (ideas or statements that might be subtly offensive to some people or groups). Haidt offers several explanations as to how campuses transformed from places

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