Author: Laurie A. Couture

At the beginning of 2023, Maine looked like was leading the way in expanding recess time to children in the 6th through 8th grades—and the recess time was not to be revoked for disciplinary purposes. If LD156 had been signed into law, Maine might have also become one of the 12 known states to mandate READ MORE

In my article titled, “Boys of All Ages Need Physical Nurturance from both Mom and Dad”, we discussed the developmental importance of boys receiving skin-to-skin nurturance and physical affection at every stage of their development. A crucial component of physical nurturance is emotional attunement—when parents are sensitively attuned to the emotions of their child and READ MORE

Early skin-to-skin physical affection of children by both mothers and fathers wires the child’s brain with the ability to cope in a socially and emotionally healthy and adaptive manner with stress and distressed emotions, leading to stable behavior. Receiving skin-to-skin nurturance stimulates bonding hormones and healthy neurochemistry, and it wires organs in the limbic system READ MORE

Loved ones were shocked to learn that my son’s first suicide attempt was reportedly in his “therapeutic” preschool—approximately six or seven years before he joined my family through adoption. According to Brycen’s recollection to me and later confirmed by records I obtained, the preschool incident was the first of many suicidal gestures, plans, and attempts READ MORE