Meghan Leahy THE WASHINGTON POST – Q: Is it psychologically damaging to force a child to eat? I was born in 1952, and my mother forced me to eat whatever she put on my plate for dinner every night. If I didn’t eat what was on my plate, she would make me sit at the […]
Meghan Leahy THE WASHINGTON POST – Q: Our pediatrician told us that between ages two and three is the time to set our foundation for how we discipline. Are there any good resources (books, websites, etc) that will give us some starting points as we figure out how we want to set the tone? A: […]
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is a rising star among conservatives in Congress, so it's especially significant that he has just won passage of the most significant open government reform in years. The Senate approved June 24 by unanimous consent a Cornyn-backed measure that requires all bills being considered by Congress to make explicit any proposed exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act.
Meghan Leahy THE WASHINGTON POST – Q: How do you teach a six-year-old gratitude? Because of the pandemic, we haven’t taken him to volunteer at food banks, although he has picked out toys and food donations online that we send to charities on his birthday and during the holidays. But he’s usually a “glass half-empty” […]