Touch your child, affectionately, playfully, appropriately, and frequently. But ask first.  I am one of those people who likes to be...

I learned an important lesson for my Child and Child Self. While I feed myself and my children good, delicious, and healthy foods, I try to do so without judgment and guilt.

The emphasis on specialness literally reinforces the feelings of inadequacy that stop creativity in its tracks.  Many years ago, a...