Monthly Archives: March 2012

The eyes have it

There was a good article in the March British Journal of Psychiatry by Dadds and colleagues on empathy, psychopathy and lack of eye contact in children. See Dadds et al doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.110.085720 . Dadds also appeared on a recent ABC … Continue reading

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Badinter’s Conflict

Do read Anne Manne’s mindful review of Elizabeth Badinter’s The Conflict in the March Monthly. Badinter’s book is so obviously a projection of her own internal conflict (Career versus Motherhood…….CAREER v CARER if you like) onto the larger world. What … Continue reading

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Making a start

A little email to Louise Newman, Sarah Mares and Patricia O’Rourke, some of Australia’s leading  workers in the nurturance field Dear Louise and Sarah Patricia O’Rourke gave me your email addresses. As Patricia knows, I have been working on and … Continue reading

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