I published this article with ADDitude Magazine in June this year, but didn’t get around to putting it up on my own website until today…  What Is Pathological Demand Avoidance? …

This is an excerpt from my current work in progress, from a chapter titled Monopoly and Mantras.  …By the time they were old enough for board games I was desperate …

In early 2020, at the start of our second year in Australia, Mike took a consultancy as acting Country Director for an NGO in the Solomon Islands and left to …

The dopamine rush that comes with spending money to quickly level up in a game or access premium content is addictive. How can we help our kids navigate the temptation …

When my firstborn, Max, was young, there was one parenting mantra that always sent my blood pressure soaring. That mantra was: “When a child gets hungry enough, they’ll eat.” This …