environment Archives - Fearless Parent

#91 — SPD: Processing a New Future for Kids ** November 18, 2015 Guest // Meghan Brookler ** Host // Carla Atherton About 5% of children have difficulty receiving “normal” sensory inputs from the environment — sound, light, smell, clothing, food, movement — and respond in ways that are deemed inappropriate, like crying, screaming, covering […]...

Children’s Water Rights are Human Rights

Carly A. Krakow

On July 28th, 2010, for the first time in history the United Nations General Assembly clearly defined the human right to water in Resolution 64/292. The Resolution acknowledges “the importance of equitable access to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as an integral component of the realization of all human rights,” and calls on […]...

School Violence, Psych Meds & Our Children

Kelly Brogan, MD

Editor’s note: We acknowledge with great compassion that this is a particularly challenging topic for the many families who make the difficult decision to put their children on psych meds. We believe all parents must be given the most accurate information about these medications, including side effects, the necessity of properly tapering off medication, the […]...