The Critical Period Myth
My cousin didn’t learn to read until she was eleven. By the age-based metrics that schools use, she was already behind. The critical window had supposedly closed. She…
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Developmental Psychology
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Is TikTok Parenting Toxic?
I watched a parent film her toddler’s tantrum. Not to help the child. Not to document a developmental milestone. But to capture the tantrum itself for TikTok. To…
Neglect Scars Deeper Than Trauma
I know someone who survived something horrifying. A single traumatic event that would make most people’s histories seem easy by comparison. And yet, they’re more functional than my…
Teenage Brains Want Danger
My teenage neighbor started skateboarding off a bridge. Not a low bridge. A bridge high enough to cause serious injury. And he knew this. But his brain was…
The Midlife Crisis Is Real
My father woke up at forty-five and realized he’d become someone he didn’t want to be. Not gradually. Not over years. Overnight, it seemed. One day he was…