By Efua Andoh and Leslie Cameron (APA Public Interest Directorate Communications Staff) Halloween is meant to be a fun-filled, family...

By Erlanger “Earl” Turner, PhD, (Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Houston-Downtown) and students from his...

By Tomi-Ann Roberts, PhD (Professor of Psychology, Colorado College) Moms and Dads have to constantly confront issues that arise from...

By Nichole Baker My full name is Nichole Marie Baker. I am 26 years old. I work full-time now, but plan to go back to school. I am from...

By Tina Wolridge (Communications Coordinator, APA Public Interest Directorate) It seems that gun violence is all around my life. ...

Police confront gay protesters in New York’s 1969 Stonewall Uprising. By Efua Andoh (PI Communications Staff) and Ron Schlittler, MIPP...

By Mary O’Leary Wiley, PhD, ABPP When you think of adopting a child, what images come into your mind? For most of us, the images are...

By Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, PhD and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, PhD Are you overwhelmed by the host of stimulating digital toys and games...

By Eileen Zurbriggen, PhD (Professor of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz) and Tomi-Ann Roberts, PhD (Professor of...

We are honored to publish this guest post by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro on the need for paid family and medical leave. By U.S....

By Carmen Valdez, PhD (Member, APA Committee on Children, Youth, and Families) When many Latino immigrant parents say, “I don’t...

In this blog post, APA President-elect Nadine Kaslow and her colleagues offer parents advice on how to prevent teen suicide. By Nadine J....

The shooting and killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African American teenager, by George Zimmerman, a bicultural (White and Latino)...

By Tina Wolridge (PI Communications Staff) One of the hardest responsibilities of being a parent to a 13 year old girl is explaining the...

By Clinton Anderson, PhD (Director, APA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Concerns Office) When one has worked on anything for as...

Photo credit: Flickr User Joi Ito By Matthew Miller, PhD (Asst. Professor – University of Maryland, College Park) What do the words...

Robyn Powell, JD (National Council on Disability – left) & Erin Andrews, PsyD, ABPP (APA Mbr – right) By Erin Andrews, PsyD, ABPP (APA...

By Erin Andrews, PsyD, ABPP (APA Committee on Disability Issues in Psychology) What does Mother’s Day mean to you? For me, it means...

In honor of National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, we are cross posting this article with our colleagues at the APA Division 27...

By Jeffrey Segal, PsyD (APA Member and Licensed Psychologist) “What a child learns about violence, a child learns for life….teach...