Child Mind Institute

Parents often emphasize to children the importance of respecting others’ boundaries. Don’t tickle another kid if they say they don’t like it, for example. Don’t kiss someone unless they welcome it. But within the family, we can fail to notice our own difficulty setting and respecting boundaries with our children, especially emotional boundaries.

Adam Zamora, PsyD, discusses how decoding engages the same part of the brain, whether we’re reading or listening to an audiobook.

In early June, SXSW London returned for its second year, gathering thousands of creatives, enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, and investors into the city to celebrate film, music, tech, and culture. As part of this year’s festival, the Child Mind Institute, in partnership with Wellcome, proudly presented...

By now, you’ve probably heard of the term looksmaxxing. Think pieces about the trend have popped up all over the internet. And in a recent episode of Saturday Night Live<...

When a child confesses a frightening thought that seemed to come out of nowhere — “What if I hurt someone with this knife?” “What if mom dies in a car accident?” “What if germs get into this paper cut and I die of an infection?” — you can both find it confusing and disturbing. But in most cases these intrusive thoughts are not evidence of a problem.

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