Great Kids, Great Parents

Punishment

A Curious Question About Physical Punishment of Children

Paul C Holinger M.D. on May 20, 2024

Questioning the paradox of physical punishment: It's legal in schools, criminal outside them.

Questioning the paradox of physical punishment: It's legal in schools, criminal outside them.

Child Development

Wondering About Having Children?

Paul C Holinger M.D. on April 1, 2024

Deliberating about parenthood involves profound considerations: Reflect on motives, childhood experiences, and envisioning the future, while exploring child development.

Deliberating about parenthood involves profound considerations: Reflect on motives, childhood experiences, and envisioning the future, while exploring child development.

Anger

How to Deal wth Your Child's Anger

Paul C Holinger M.D. on September 26, 2023

Unlock the mystery of your child's anger by understanding triggers and fostering self-regulation.

Unlock the mystery of your child's anger by understanding triggers and fostering self-regulation.

Punishment

Ghosts in the Nursery

Paul C Holinger M.D. on April 30, 2023

How we were raised can have a very real impact on how we raise our children.

How we were raised can have a very real impact on how we raise our children.

Bias

How Do People Become Prejudiced?

Paul C Holinger M.D. on December 30, 2022

Social conditions can create fertile soil for nourishing bias, prejudice, and violence.

Social conditions can create fertile soil for nourishing bias, prejudice, and violence.

Bias

The Role of Language in Bias, Prejudice, and Violence

Paul C Holinger M.D. on October 19, 2022

Language can be an instrument of bias, prejudice, and violence at the individual level and in groups.

Language can be an instrument of bias, prejudice, and violence at the individual level and in groups.

Bias

The Role of Cognition in Bias, Prejudice, and Violence

Paul C Holinger M.D. on August 15, 2022

Affects and cognition have both assets and liabilities. Each can impact the other profoundly.

Affects and cognition have both assets and liabilities. Each can impact the other profoundly.

Bias

The Role of Affects in Bias, Prejudice, and Violence

Paul C Holinger M.D. on June 30, 2022

Our earliest feelings, such as fear and shame, can provide the fuel for bias, prejudice, and violence, in individuals and groups.

Our earliest feelings, such as fear and shame, can provide the fuel for bias, prejudice, and violence, in individuals and groups.

Fear

How Do Humans Deal with Differences/Otherness?

Paul C Holinger M.D. on May 17, 2022

The perception of differences allows humans to anticipate, predict, sort out cause and effect, and pursue alternatives.

The perception of differences allows humans to anticipate, predict, sort out cause and effect, and pursue alternatives.

Bias

How Do People Become Prejudiced?

Paul C Holinger M.D. on February 28, 2022

Temperament and capacity to assess differences in stimuli as well as what one is taught and experiences contribute to prejudice.

Temperament and capacity to assess differences in stimuli as well as what one is taught and experiences contribute to prejudice.

Bias

Toward Understanding Bias, Prejudice, and Violence

Paul C Holinger M.D. on January 3, 2022

The issues of “cultism and zealotry” have rarely examined the impact of early development on their germination and expression.

The issues of “cultism and zealotry” have rarely examined the impact of early development on their germination and expression.

Punishment

Why Physical Punishment Persists

Paul C Holinger M.D. on November 30, 2021

Physical punishment is a signal that we need to take early development seriously, We need to understand how feelings work and to be aware of the variables that contribute to violence.

Physical punishment is a signal that we need to take early development seriously, We need to understand how feelings work and to be aware of the variables that contribute to violence.

Anger

We Hit—“Spank”—Infants and Children

Paul C Holinger M.D. on October 5, 2021

Violence will not end until we take seriously what researchers and clinicians tell us about the problems associated with physical punishment.

Violence will not end until we take seriously what researchers and clinicians tell us about the problems associated with physical punishment.

Punishment

Where Are the Laws Against Hitting Children?

Paul C Holinger M.D. on July 21, 2021

How do we regulate the rights of parents to raise their own children as they wish, and the rights of the child and society?

How do we regulate the rights of parents to raise their own children as they wish, and the rights of the child and society?

Empathy

Empathy—What Is It?

Paul C Holinger M.D. on May 20, 2021

Affect, cognition, and language are intimately connected with the concept of empathy , which is crucial for human relationships and clinical work.

Affect, cognition, and language are intimately connected with the concept of empathy , which is crucial for human relationships and clinical work.

Education

Education and Teaching

Paul C Holinger M.D. on March 18, 2021

How do we get students motivated to identify, confront, and divulge some of their most volatile and sensitive emotions and memories—in verse?

How do we get students motivated to identify, confront, and divulge some of their most volatile and sensitive emotions and memories—in verse?

Anger

Anger: The Misunderstood Affect

Paul C Holinger M.D. on January 5, 2021

Language can complicate the expression of anger between individuals, making it misunderstood or too harsh.

Language can complicate the expression of anger between individuals, making it misunderstood or too harsh.

Punishment

Why Does the U.S. Still Permit the Physical Punishment of Children?

Paul C Holinger M.D. on November 11, 2020

Physical punishment is a serious public health problem in the U.S., but alternatives exist that are more effective in enhancing the development of children.

Physical punishment is a serious public health problem in the U.S., but alternatives exist that are more effective in enhancing the development of children.

Grief

The Reckoning

Paul C Holinger M.D. on September 2, 2020

COVID-19 has changed death for the dying, and grief for the survivors, and made trauma the price paid by many health care workers.

COVID-19 has changed death for the dying, and grief for the survivors, and made trauma the price paid by many health care workers.

Play

How Playfulness Helps Ease Upsets

Paul C Holinger M.D. on July 7, 2020

Behavioral change occurs much more readily when one uses positive affects rather than negative affects.

Behavioral change occurs much more readily when one uses positive affects rather than negative affects.