In this video, part 2 of my series of videos on my book The Myth of the ADHD Child, I look at how we can use a developmental perspective to make sense of ADHD symptoms (rather than explaining them by seeing them as due to a medical disorder).  I’ve included the transcript to the video...Read More

When I was in my early thirties, I created an organization called Latebloomers.  It’s intention was to convey information to parents and teachers about honoring the different pace of learning in some children, and not placing strict timetables for reading, math, etc. on their development, since kids development at different times and places.  Now I’m...Read More

In a previous video, we looked at how the eight intelligences in Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences, develop as a result of nature (e.g. genetics etc.), nurture (e.g. education, parenting etc.), and culture (the broader social-historical context in which we find ourselves).  Adding to this understanding is the fact that each of the eight...Read More

In my 20th book, a novel entitled Childless, I tell the story about a childless child psychologist who tries to foil a U.S government plot to declare childhood as a medical disorder and then eliminate it from the human genome.  The novel is a darkly comedic satire about something very serious that is going on in...Read More

My first novel, Childless, was published last month, and I’ve been creating a series of short videos to highlight different aspects of the book.  In the previous two videos I talked about 1) general features of the novel and 2) how human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) work as a plot device (also go to my website...Read More