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Toilet training or whose poop is it anyway?

by Lynn Dorman, Ph.D. March 8, 2010

Poop? Toilets?  Yes it is a scatological title…but I need to get your attention and if you’ve read this far I succeeded.
In my years of being a professor, therapist and/or friend – I have been asked so many times about toilet training that I almost scream.  It would have been better to ask each person [...]

Tagged as: child development, child rearing, human interest, parenting, toilet training

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Parenting

by Lynn Dorman, Ph.D. January 19, 2010

If I, a Developmental Psychologist, made major “mistakes” in raising my son – why should you expect to be perfect? Mine turned into a fine adult – yours can too!

Tagged as: child development, child psychology, child rearing, education, freda rebelsky, growing children, Lynn Dorman PhD, parenting, parents, Portland Oregon

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What IS a child?

by Lynn Dorman, Ph.D. January 6, 2010

That may sound like an oddball question but we need to ask it.  Are children just smaller versions of adults?  Are children just good imitators of the "adult-ness" around them?
Many years ago the above two questions would get a resounding "yes" or a strong "maybe." 
Next time you are at a museum look at the old [...]

Tagged as: child development, newborn, parenting, parenting e-book, You Can Totally Screw Up As A Mom And Still Raise Great Kids

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Ah those teen years!

by Lynn Dorman, Ph.D. November 20, 2009

I am a firm believer that few adults would want to re-do their teen years.

If you are one who would like to re-do them – AS THEY WERE – please please add a comment and tell us why.
The years where your age ends in "teen" are given different labels by different theorists; labels like [...]

Tagged as: adolescence, adolescent, parenting, teen, teenager, teenagers, teens

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Halloween can be scary to young children

by Lynn Dorman, Ph.D. October 30, 2009

I was reminded the other day about young children and Halloween.  Many do not like the costumes. Why?  Because for young children the line between fantasy and reality is not a clear line.
For young children, seeing IS believing, so you can start to think about what goes on in the child's mind on Halloween with [...]

Tagged as: costumes, Halloween, object constancy, parenting, perception

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