In last Friday’s column, I shared the first three stages of personality development by Erick Erickson (1902-1994.) I believe that parents can use his psychosocial stages of development as a guide in ...

We human beings have a keen interest in observing and learning about one another—an interest that psychologists now trace back to our evolutionary roots. Among our ancestors, those who paid attention ...

What is the current, normal, neurotic situation for most people? We first see a cautious distance, especially in infants, and under that, skepticism and fear. Under that? Pain. And under that? The ...