Issue 43

• A MESSAGE FROM OUR EDITOR | Jeanne Ohm, DC

• CONSCIOUS PATH | A Question of Respect

• FEATURE | The Twinkle in Your Parents’ Eyes

• PREGNANCY | Risks of Induced Labor

• PREGNANCY | Estimating the Estimated Due Date

• BIRTH | Letter to a Labor and Delivery Nurse

• OUTER WOMB | The Myth of Self-Settling

• MIND-BODY-SPIRIT | Diagnosis: Does It Help or Hurt?

• CHIROPRACTIC FOR LIFE | Live Life Fully

• CHIROPRACTIC FOR LIFE | Breaking Through ADHD with Chiropractic Care

• CHIROPRACTIC FOR LIFE | Injury and ADHD

• INNATE EXPRESSIONS | From Distress to Express

• NEW EDGE SCIENCE | Gut Instincts

• SPECIAL SECTION| Soaring Numbers of Children on Powerful Adult Psychiatric Drugs

• PARENTING | Letting Go

• SUSTAINABLE LIVING | Nature Was My Ritalin

• HOLISTIC HEALTHCARE | ADHD: Time for a New Perspective

• INFORMED CHOICE | My Child Is Vaccine-Injured (Just Like Yours)

• TOUCH THE FUTURE | Homeschooling: A Natural Fit for the Kinesthetic Child

• FAMILY LIVING | The Milestones That Matter Most

• WELLNESS LIFESTYLE | Routes Toward Trustful Parenting in Our Time

• GRATITUDE | The Habits of Happiness

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A Message from our Editor: Yield: Kids Crossing the Line

Jeanne Ohm, D.C.

• Editorials
  

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A Question of Respect (Or, Grown-Ups and Their Double Standards)

Hilary Jackson

No References

Additional Resources:

• Brett, Teresa Graham. “How Power Distorts Our Parenting Practices: Using Critical Reflection” https://www.parentingforsocialchange.com/critical-reflection.html

• Gray, Peter. “In Relationships, Respect May Be Even More Crucial than Love” https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201208/in-relationships-respect-may-be-even-more-crucial-love

• Leo, Pam. “Teaching Children Respect” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Parenting/teaching-children-respect.html

 

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The Twinkle in Your Parents’ Eyes

Bruce Lipton, Ph.D.

No References

Additional Resources:

• • Tonetti-Vladimirova, Elena. “Conscious Pro-Creation” https://www.birthintobeing.com/conscious_pro_creation

• • Sarah Kamrath’s interview with Bruce Lipton, PhD https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Children-s-Health-Wellness/happy-healthy-child-a-holistic-approach.html

• • White, Katie and Myrna Martin. “Pre- and Perinatal Experiences for Health and Healing” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/The-Outer-Womb/pre-and-perinatal-experiences-for-health-and-healing.html

• • Axness, Marcy, PhD. “Attuned (Conscious) Conception” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAol9bxNNxo

• • Ohm, Jeanne DC. “One Conscious Path in Parenting” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Parenting/one-conscious-path-in-parenting.html

 

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Risks of Induced Labor

Marcy Axness, Ph.D.

References

• “Autism Linked with Induced Labor,” https://news.yahoo.com/autism-linked-induced-labor-211129377.html

• “Induced Labor and Autism Risk,” https://www.mothering.com/articles/induced-labor-and-autism-risk/

• Goer, Henci. The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth. New York: Perigee, 1999.

• Kurth, Lisa, and Robert Haussmann. “Perinatal Pitocin as an Early Adhd Biomarker: Neurodevelopmental Risk?” Journal of Attention Disorders 15, no. 5 (2011).

• Odent, Michel. “The Long Term Consequences of How We Are Born.” Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health 17, no. 2 (2002): 107-12.

• Sarah Buckley’s website: https://sarahbuckley.com/

• “Study Links Autism to Birth Inductions,” https://www.wnd.com/2013/08/study-links-autism-to-birth-inductions/

• Wahl, Roy U Rojas. “Could Oxytocin Administration During Labor Contribute to Autism and Related Behavioral Disorders?–a Look at the Literature.” Medical Hypotheses 63, no. 3 (2004): 456-60.

Additional Resources:

• “Induction of Labour: balancing risks” https://midwifethinking.com/2010/09/16/induction-of-labour-balancing-risks/

• Sara Wickman’s website and resources on induction: https://www.sarawickham.com/tag/induction/

• Benedict, Alyssa, MPH. “Epidural Anesthesia: Important Facts that will Help You Take Charge of Your Birth.” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Pregnancy-Birth/epidural-anesthesia-important-facts-that-will-help-you-take-charge-of-your-birth.html

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Estimating the Estimated Due Date

Trina Hampton

References

• Abstract for “The Length of Uncomplicated Human Gestation” by Mittendorf et al. Obstetrics & Gynecology, V.75, N.6, June 1990

• Henci Goer, The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth

• Henci Goer, When is that Baby Due?

• Toni Weschler, Taking Charge of Your Fertility

Additional Resources:

• Romm , Aviva, MD. “Labor Induction: The Low Down on Natural Approaches from a Midwife-MD.” https://avivaromm.com/labor-induction-low-natural-approaches-midwife-md

• Brogan, Kelly, MD. “Perils of Peeking into the Womb: Ultrasound Risks.” https://kellybroganmd.com/article/utrasound-risks-perils-of-peeking-into-the-womb/

• Goer, Henci and Ann Frye. “The Due Date.” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Pregnancy-Birth/the-due-date.html

 

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Letter to a Labor and Delivery Nurse

Lydia Fong Waggoner

References

• Gupta, JK. Hofmeyr, JG. Shehmar, M., “Position in the Second Stage of Labor for Women Without Epidural Anaesthesia,” Cochrane Database Syst Rev.

• Klaus M. H, Kennell J. H, Robertson S. S, Sosa R., “Effects of Social Support During Parturition on Maternal and Infant Morbidity,” British Medical Journal

• MacDorman, M. Declercq, E. Menacker, F., “Recent Trends and Patterns in Cesarean and Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Deliveries in the United States”

• National Institutes of Health, NIH VBAC Consensus Statement

• Sanchez Birkhead, Ana C. Clark Callister, Lynn. Curtis, Samantha, “Teaching Physiologic Birth in Maternal-Newborn Courses in Undergraduate Nursing Programs: Current Challenges,” The Journal of Perinatal Education

• Simpson, Kathleen Rice, “When and How To Push: Providing the Most Current Information About Second Stage Labor to Women During Childbirth Education,”

• Singata M, Tranmer J, Gyte GML, “Eating and Drinking in Labor,” Cochrane Summaries

• “Understanding and Navigating the Maternity Care System — Cascade of Intervention in Childbirth,” https://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10182&ClickedLink=1084&area=27

• Uyen-Sa D. T. Nguyen, Kenneth J. Rothman, Serkalem Demissie, Debra J. Jackson, Janet M. Lang, Jeffrey L. Ecker, “Epidural Analgesia and Risk of Cesarean and Operative Vaginal Deliveries in Nulliparous and Multiparous Women,” Maternal and Child Health Journal

• World Health Organization, Monitoring Emergency Obstetric Care: A Handbook

Additional Resources:

• “Evidence Based Birth” https://evidencebasedbirth.com/

• “Improving Birth” https://www.improvingbirth.org/

• Midwives Alliance of North America https://mothersnaturally.org/

• Citizens for Midwifery https://cfmidwifery.org

• Dreger, Alice. “The Hard Science of Supporting Low-Tech Birth” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Pregnancy-Birth/the-hard-science-of-supporting-low-tech-birth.html

• Overgard , Cynthia, MBA, HBCE. “Taking Charge of Giving Birth” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Pregnancy-Birth/taking-charge-of-giving-birth.html

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The Myth of Self-Settling

Sarah Ockwell-Smith

References

• “Maternal Support in Early Childhood Predicts Larger Hippocampal Volumes at School Age,” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22308421

• Sarah Ockwell-Smith, BabyCalm

• Sarah Ockwell-Smith—Parenting Expert: https://sarahockwell-smith.com/author/sarahockwellsmith/

• Sarah Ockwell-Smith, ToddlerCalm

Additional Resources:

• Ockwell-Smith, Sarah. “Gentle Parenting.” https://www.gentleparenting.co.uk/

• An interview with Marcy Axness, Ph.D. and James J. McKenna, Ph.D by Gena Kirby in response to the frightening new method to help newborns sleep through the night (“The Newborn Sleep Book”) reported on FOX news (https://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/08/13/new-method-to-help-newborns-sleep-through-night/). The interview can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2PfSaHwSco&feature=share

• James J. McKenna, Ph.D. “Co-Sleeping” https://cosleeping.nd.edu/

• An interview with James J. McKenna – “Co-Sleeping with Infants: Science, Public Policy, and Parents Civil Rights” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCZzzqFkyiU&list=UU-GNlNvg-w62McRprdrrEZQ

• Solter, Aletha, PhD. “Crying for Comfort: Distressed Babies Need to be Held.” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/The-Outer-Womb/crying-for-comfort-distressed-babies-need-to-be-held.html

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Diagnosis: Does It Help or Hurt?

Rebecca Thompson, M.S.

No References

Additional Resources:

• Thompson, Rebecca, M.S., MFT’s “Consciously Parenting” https://consciouslyparenting.com/rebecca/

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Live Life Fully

Jeanne Ohm, D.C.

No References

Additional Resources:

• Spano, Nick DC. “Designed for Hope: How Chiropractic Honors the Health Already Within Your Child” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Inspirational/designed-for-hope-how-chiropractic-honors-the-health-already-within-your-child.html

• Barham-Floreani, Jennifer. “Kids Out of Balance” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Chiropractic/kids-out-of-balance.html

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Breaking Through ADHD with Chiropractic Care

J.G. Moellendorf, D.C., N.D., L.C.P.

No References

Additional Resources:

• Research on chiropractic and ADD/ADHD https://icpa4kids.org/Chiropractic-Research/ADD/ADHD/

• Buchanan, Greg. “ADHD: A Patient’s Perspective” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Children-s-Health-Wellness/adhd-a-patients-perspective.html

• Non-Drug Treatment of ADD/ADHD https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2001/01/07/lendon-smith.aspx

 

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Injury and ADHD

Yannick Pauli, D.C.

No References

Additional Resources:

• Research on chiropractic and ADD/ADHD https://icpa4kids.org/Chiropractic-Research/ADD/ADHD/

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From Distress to Express

Steve Tullius, D.C.

No References

Additional Resources:

• Research on chiropractic and autism https://icpa4kids.org/Chiropractic-Research/Autism-Behavioral-and-Learning-Disorders/

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Gut Instincts

Christopher Bergland

References

• Bergland, Christopher, “Chronic Stress Can Damage Brain Structure and Connectivity,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201402/chronic-stress-can-damage-brain-structure-and-connectivity

• Bergland, Christopher, “Cortisol: Why ‘The Stress Hormone’ Is Public Enemy No. 1,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201301/cortisol-why-the-stress-hormone-is-public-enemy-no-1

• Bergland, Christopher, “Decoding the Neuroscience of Fear and Fearlessness,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201302/decoding-the-neuroscience-fear-and-fearlessness

• Bergland, Christopher, “How Does Meditation Reduce Anxiety at a Neural Level?” https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201306/how-does-meditation-reduce-anxiety-neural-level

• Bergland, Christopher, “Neuroscientists Confirm That Our Loved Ones Become Ourselves,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201308/neuroscientists-confirm-our-loved-ones-become-ourselves

• Bergland, Christopher, “Neuroscientists Discover the Roots of ‘Fear-Evoked Freezing,’” https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201405/neuroscientists-discover-the-roots-fear-evoked-freezing

• Bergland, Christopher, “Optimism Stabilizes Cortisol Levels and Lowers Stress,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201307/optimism-stabilizes-cortisol-levels-and-lowers-stress

• Bergland, Christopher, “Targeting GABA Neurons Offers Clues for Boosting Resilience,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201308/targeting-gaba-neurons-offers-clues-boosting-resilience

• Bergland, Christopher, “The Neurobiology of Grace Under Pressure,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201302/the-neurobiology-grace-under-pressure

• Bergland, Christopher, “The Neurochemicals of Happiness,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201211/the-neurochemicals-happiness

• “Depression,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/depression/symptoms

• “Fear,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/fear

• “Gut Vagal Afferents Differentially Modulate Innate Anxiety and Learned Fear,” The Journal of Neuroscience, 21 May 2014.

• “Neuroscience,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/neuroscience

• Psychology Today, “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/post-traumatic-stress-disorder

Additional Resources:

• “Gut Vagal Afferents Differentially Modulate Innate Anxiety and Learned Fear” https://www.jneurosci.org/content/34/21/7067

• “How the ‘gut feeling’ shapes fear” https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140522104848.htm

• Gershon, Michael. “Interview- The Second Brain.” – https://itsrainmakingtime.com/dr-michael-gershon-gut-brain/ (Stream or download)

• Hadhazy, Adam, “Think Twice: How the Gut’s ‘Second Brain’ Influences Mood and Well-Being.” Scientific American, Feb 12, 2010. Web. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gut-second-brain/

 

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Soaring Numbers of Children on Powerful Adult Psychiatric Drugs

Peter R. Breggin, M.D.

References

• Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, https://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/PediatricAdvisoryCommittee/UCM191609.pdf

• “Changes in Cortical Thickness During the Course of Illness in Schizophrenia,” https://www.toxicpsychiatry.com/storage/vanHaren%20N.%20etal%202011%20Changes%20in%20cortical%20thickness%20during%20the%20course%20of%20illnes%20Schizophrenia.pdf

• Dr. Peter R. Breggin, Brain Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry: Drugs, Electroshock, and the Psychopharmaceutical Complex, 2007.

• Dr. Peter Breggin, “Drug Companies GlaxoSmithKline Puts American Values to Shame,” https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-peter-breggin/drug-companies_b_1656397.html

• Dr. Peter Breggin, “Drug Companies Drive the Psychiatric Drugging of Children,” https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-peter-breggin/psychiatric-drugs_b_1693649.html

• Dr. Peter Breggin, Psychiatric Drug Withdrawawl: A Guid for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients and their Families, 2013.

• Dr. Peter Breggin, Reclaiming Our Children: A Healing Plan For A Nation In Crisis, 2000.

• Dr. Peter Breggin, “The Psychiatric Drugging of America’s Foster Children,” https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-peter-breggin/foster-children_b_1149805.html

• “Heart Risk Cited in Newer Antipsychotic Drugs,” https://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/15/science/sci-schizodrugs15

• “Joseph Biederman,” https://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/joseph_biederman/index.html

• Kaplan, Stuart L., “Your Child Does Not Have Bipolar Disorder,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-child-does-not-have-bipolar-disorder/201107/child-bipolar-disorder-imperiled-conflict-inte

• “Long-term Antipsychotic Treatment and Brain Volumes,” https://www.toxicpsychiatry.com/storage/neurolepticsShrinkBrain1%20JAMA.pdf

• “Mind-Altering Psych Drugs for a 7-Year-Old,” https://abcnews.go.com/Health/mind-altering-psych-drugs-year/story?id=15066848#.UCGACaPh58F

• “More Kids Taking Atipsychotics for ADHD: Study,” https://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/08/07/more-kids-taking-antipsychotics-for-adhd-study

• “National Trend in the Office-Based Treatment of Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Antipsychotics,” https://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1263977

• “Precocious Puberty,” https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/pediatrics/endocrine_disorders_in_children/precocious_puberty.html

• “Spiegel Interview with Jerome Kagan: ‘What About Tutoring Instead of Pills?’” https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/child-psychologist-jerome-kagan-on-overprescibing-drugs-to-children-a-847500.html

• Stephen A. Sheller: https://sheller.com/our-attorneys/detail.php?attorney=Stephen-Sheller

Additional Resources:

• Breeding, John, PhD and Amy Philo. “The Pill Merchants: The Relentless and Tragic Marketing of Psychiatric Drugs” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Informed-Choice/the-pill-merchants-the-relentless-and-tragic-marketing-of-psychiatric-drugs.html

• Hayford, Kelly, C.N.C. “Still at Large: Are Psychiatric Drugs the Hidden Culprit in Mass Shootings?” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Family-Life/still-at-large-are-psychiatric-drugs-the-hidden-culprit-in-mass-shootings.html

 

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Letting Go

Lisa DeNardo

No References

Additional Resources:

• “Coffee and Crumbs” Blog – https://www.coffeeandcrumbs.net/blog/2014/8/17/its-their-day-too

 

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Nature Was My Ritalin

Richard Louv

References

• “Green Play Settings Reduce ADHD Symptoms,” https://lhhl.illinois.edu/adhd.htm

• “The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder,” https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/health/the-selling-of-attention-deficit-disorder.html?_r=3&

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ADHD: Time for a New Perspective

Kelly Brogan, M.D.

References

• “Alzheimer’s Disease Is Type 3 Diabetes-Evidence Reviewed,” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769828/

• “Amphetamine Induces Depletion of Dopamine and Loss of Dopamine Uptake Sites in Caudate,” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6768005

• “Aspartame,” https://www.greenmedinfo.com/toxic-ingredient/aspartame

• “Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorders in the Offspring of mothers Exposed to Mild-Moderat Iodine Deficiency,” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15579758

• “Brain Iron Levels in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Pilot MRI Study,” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21585274

• Breggin, Peter, Dr. “Psychiatric Drug Facts,” https://breggin.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=30&Itemid=37

• Brogan, Kelly, “Go Gluten Free, Fix Your Brain,” https://kellybroganmd.com/article/go-gluten-free-fix-your-brain/

• Brogan, Kelly, “Perils of Peeking into the Womb: Ultrasound Risks,” https://kellybroganmd.com/article/utrasound-risks-perils-of-peeking-into-the-womb/

• “Data Based Medicine,” https://www.madinamerica.com/author/dhealy/

• “Delayed Acquisition of Neonatal Reflexes in Newborn Primates Receiving a Thimerosal-Containing Hepatitis B Vaccine: Influence of Gestational Age and Birth Weight,” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20711932

• “The Diet Factor in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder,” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22232312

• “Does Perinatal Exposure to Endocrine Disruptors Induce Autism Spectrum and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders?” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22458970

• “Effect of Two Synthetic Alpha-Gliadin Peptides on Lymphocytes in Celiac Disease: Identification of a Novel Class of Opioid Receptors,” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gliadin+opiate

• “Glaxo Says It Will Stop Paying Doctors to Promote Drugs,” https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/business/glaxo-says-it-will-stop-paying-doctors-to-promote-drugs.html?emc=eta1

• “Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases,” https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/4/1416

• “Increased Methylphenidate Usage for Attention Deficit Disorder in the 1990s,” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8951257

• “Influence of Pediatric Vaccines on Amygdala Growth and Opioid Ligand Binding in Rhesus Macaque Infants,” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20628439

• Institute for Responsible Technology: https://www.responsibletechnology.org/

• “Iron and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder,” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23082739

• “Monosodium Glutamate,” https://www.greenmedinfo.com/toxic-ingredient/monosodium-glutamate-msg

• “MTHFR Gene,” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21897766

• “National Trends in the Outpatient Diagnosis and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in Youth,” https://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=482424

• “Neurofeedback and Standard Pharmacological Intervention in ADHD,” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030105111300118X

• “Reduced Striatal Dopamine Transporter Density in Abstinent Methamphetamine and Methcathinone Users…” https://www.jneurosci.org/content/18/20/8417.full.pdf

• “Resistance to Thyroid Hormone – Goiter and Attention Deficit-Hyperactivy Disorder as Main Manifestaion,” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12053283

• “The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder,” https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/health/the-selling-of-attention-deficit-disorder.html?hpw&rref=science&_r=0

• “Shire Agrees to Settle ADHD Drug Inquiry,” https://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-02-01/shire-agrees-to-settle-adhd-drug-inquiry

• “The ‘Twinkie Defense’: the Relationship Between Carbonated Non-diet Soft Drinks and Violence Perpetration Among Boston High School Students,” https://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2011/10/14/injuryprev-2011-040117.short?q=w_injuryprevention_ahead_tab

• Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System: https://vaers.hhs.gov/index

• Vaccinated Children Two and a Half Times More Likely to Have Neurological Disorders Like ADHD and Autism, New Survey in California and Oregon Finds,” https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/75333.php

• Whitaker, Robert, “Mad in America,” https://www.madinamerica.com/

Additional Resources:

• Kelly Brogan, M.D.’s website https://kellybroganmd.com/

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My Child Is Vaccine-Injured (Just Like Yours)

Robyn Charron

No References

Additional Resources:

• The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC)’s “If You Vaccinate, Ask 8!” https://www.nvic.org/Ask-Eight-Questions.aspx

• “The Greater Good” – https://www.greatergoodmovie.org/

• Dr. Suzanne Humphries on Vaccines – 11 minute YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efto1LpWkKw

• The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) https://www.nvic.org/

• The International Medical Council on Vaccination https://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/

• https://drtenpenny.com/

• Dr. Mercola on vaccines –https://vaccines.mercola.com/

• Humphries, Suzanne, MD. “Vaccination” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Informed-Choice/vaccination.html

• Loe Fisher, Barbara. “Opting Out: The Moral Right to Religious and Conscientious-Belief Exemptions to Vaccination” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Informed-Choice/opting-out.html

• Marini, Stephen C, DC, PhD. “How Do Vaccines Work? Immune Mechanisms and Consequences” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Informed-Choice/how-do-vaccines-work-immune-mechanisms-and-consequences.html

• Moskowitz, Richard, MD. “How Do Vaccines Work?” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Informed-Choice/how-do-vaccines-work.html

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Homeschooling: A Natural Fit for the Kinesthetic Child

Stephen Guffanti, M.D.

No References

Additional Resources:

• The Homeschool Legal Defense Association compiles a legal analysis of each U.S. state’s homeschool law at https://www.hslda.org/hs/state/

• “The 7 Styles of Learning” https://www.edudemic.com/styles-of-learning/

• “Movement and Learning” https://movementandlearning.wordpress.com/about/

• Gray, Peter, PhD. “Schoolhouse, Rocked” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Inspirational/schoolhouse-rocked.html

• Weldon, Laura Grace. “Erasing Misconceptions: Setting the Record Straight on Six Homeschooling Myth.” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Inspirational/erasing-misconceptions-setting-the-record-straight-on-six-homeschooling-myths.html

• Chestnut, James L. DC. “Movement is Life & Chiropractic Delivers” https://pathwaystofamilywellness.org/Inspirational/movement-is-life-a-chiropractic-delivers.html

Home-schooling specific resources:

• https://www.navigatingbyjoy.com/

• https://thepioneerwoman.com/homeschooling/

• https://sandradodd.com/

• https://www.parents.com/kids/education/home-schooling/best-homeschooling-resources-online/

• https://www.johnholtgws.com/

• https://www.educationrevolution.org/store/

• https://www.alfiekohn.org/index.php

• https://www.homeschoolnewslink.com/

• https://homeedmag.com/

• https://www.unschooling.org/

• https://www.alternative-learning.org/

• https://learninfreedom.org/

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The Milestones That Matter Most

Christine Gross-Loh, Ph.D.

No References or Resources

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Routes Toward Trustful Parenting in Our Time

Peter Gray, Ph.D.

References:

• “Career,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/career

• “Depressive Disorders (Children and Adolescents),” https://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/depressive-disorders-children-and-adolescents

• “Environment Psychology,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/environmental-psychology

• Parenting: https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/parenting

• “Suicide,” https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/suicide

• “Why Have Trustful Parenting & Children’s Freedom Declined?” https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/200907/why-have-trustful-parenting-children-s-freedom-declined

Additional Resources:

• Gray, Peter, Ph.D. “Free to Learn” https://freetolearnbook.com/

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The Habits of Happiness

Leo Babauta

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