Category: Developmental Psychology
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Peel back the mysteries of childhood
By Jerry Waxler, jerry@jerrywaxler.com Watching my nephew put a coat on his two-year-old daughter got me thinking about the parts of childhood most of us forget. She was on the floor flailing and screaming. Sensing my curiosity, my nephew looked up at me and said, “She’s screaming as if she’s being murdered.” It was true.…
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Launching Memoirs Chronicle Main Tasks to Grow to Adulthood
Elna Baker describes her transition into adulthood with such crisp, engaging storytelling, I think of New York Regional Halloween Dance as a quintessential Launching memoir. In it, she offers an in-depth treatment of what I have come to see as the three fundamental tasks required to make this transition.
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