7 famous pediatricians who really changed things. 1. Janusz Korczak (1878/79-1942, Polish Jew) I’m glad that it’s Korczak who heads the list (it’s chronological), as he is a man of a wide range, who wrote a lot and wisely, for children and about children, who dedicated himself to children, created a home for them (orphanage),…
Sometimes I write articles just for myself because I need some convincing reminders of well-known things. This is one of those. Let it be This week my mantra is let it be, and I used to think of this phrase as ‘well, whatever, let it be’ rather than ‘allow it to be’.There are things we…
I really liked the idea of Tina Bryson’s and Daniel Siegel’s book “No-Drama Discipline” about the soundtrack, like before starting solving the situation, make sure to turn off a thriller inside and turn on some pleasant romantic music or something. Or imagine yourself looking at the playground: moskali (a very special type of Russians) scream,…
Motherhood came to me unexpectedly, but on time. I was exactly bored with working with inhumane schedules, fiction books and carelessness towards myself. In fact, my life at that time consisted mainly of chronic depression and running away or having a bad relationship. How childbirth changed me With the birth of a baby, I finally…
“Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.” Benjamin Franklin That a child needs a happy mother is a fact, how difficult it can be – both you and I…
“…a child feels the need to justify their parents. Children love their mothers and fathers to the point of madness and feel they must protect them. Whatever my parents did, it was for the best.” — Carlos González, Kiss Me! Carlos González led me to a number of topics I have long wanted to write…
