The Connected Baby--A Great New Documentary

Besides being a labor/employment, mediator and mom, I am also a guardian ad litem, working with at risk children.  In that latter role, I  recently had the pleasure of viewing "The Connected Baby," a documentary or "film conversation" produced by researcher Dr. Suzanne Zeedyk and film-maker Jonathan Robertson.

In her opening presentation of her documentary, Dr. Zeedyk discussed how there has been a dramatic increase in the neuroscience associated with attachment.  Simply put, a baby's brain is healthier and more robust, with far greater neural pathways, if he or she forms early and strong attachments with primary care givers. In the first year of develop-

Shaken Baby Syndrome--Real or Imagined?

Some readers may know me as a labor/employment and domestic relations mediator/arbitrator.  However, I am also a GAL for abused, neglected kiddos.  As such, I take special interest in unusual court cases involving children. I was especially upset and intrigued by a recent ABA Journal article on the heated debate concerning the scientific soundness of  shaken baby syndrome theories.