Last week I argued for the need for openness and honesty in regards to what we tell our young people about the darker aspects of the world. I strongly believe that a well-intentioned lie is not helpful to child or adult in the long run, since young people generally see through our attempts to shield…
Month: July 2019
Don’t Frighten The Children
A memory returns: one day, I suspect around May 1980, I asked my dad a question. The question had been on my mind for some time as a result of things that I’d heard and read and seen, in books, newspapers and on TV. The question was this: “What will we do if there is…
Undiagnosis 