Personal Health - Parents Need to Tune In and Engage a Young Child With Talk - NYTimes.com

It's nice to know I'm doing something right with my kid. According to this article, you should be talking to your infant. Well, I've been chatting like a parrot with Gabriel since he was born so apparently I'm on the right track.

This interview covers a recent book that challenges some conventional child rearing philosophies. I'm going to at least pick up the book and give it some thought. So far, I've heard a few things I'd like to use.

And this article discusses the benefits of having pets on both child development and general family health.