"Parenting as Therapy for Child's Mental Disorders"

Imagine that – the NYTimes is saying what we have known for years – that parenting plays a huge role in the developmental growth of your child. This article is interesting and it very careful not to downplay medically diagnosed disorders, but suggests that up to one-third of children requiring medication may do just as well with explicit instructions and lots of parental supervision (which the article calls rigorous behavior modification plans).

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