Author Archives: Joshua Sparrow, M.D.

About Joshua Sparrow, M.D.

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Joshua D. Sparrow, MD is the father of two children, and is Director of Special Initiatives at the Brazelton Touchpoints Center, Children’s Hospital Boston and Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Co-author with Dr. T. Berry Brazelton of 8 books, including Touchpoints: Your Child’s Emotional and Behavioral Development: Three to Six, and the Brazelton Way Series of books on common parenting challenges (such as discipline, sleep, toilet training, feeding, and sibling rivalry) and a weekly New York Times Syndicate column, “Families Today,” Dr. Sparrow is also a contributing editor to Scholastic Services’ Parent and Child magazine. In 2006, he revised with Dr. Brazelton Touchpoints: Birth to Three, 2nd Edition and in 2010, co-edited Nurturing Children and Families: Building on the Legacy of T. B. Brazelton. See www.brazeltontouchpoints.org for more.

How Do Children Learn Perseverance, Resourcefulness and Problem-solving?

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For more information about parenting and your child’s development: www.brazeltontouchpoints.org Questions or comments may be addressed to Dr. Joshua Sparrow, care of The New York Times Syndicate, 620 Eighth Ave., 5th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10018. Questions may also be … Continue reading →

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Growing Up with a Sense of Purpose

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For more information about parenting and your child’s development: www.brazeltontouchpoints.org Questions or comments may be addressed to Dr. Joshua Sparrow, care of The New York Times Syndicate, 620 Eighth Ave., 5th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10018. Questions may also be … Continue reading →

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Children’s Summer Memories

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For more information about parenting and your child’s development: www.brazeltontouchpoints.org Questions or comments may be addressed to Dr. Joshua Sparrow, care of The New York Times Syndicate, 620 Eighth Ave., 5th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10018. Questions may also be … Continue reading →

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – The Quality of Attention

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For more information about parenting and your child’s development: www.brazeltontouchpoints.org Questions or comments may be addressed to Dr. Joshua Sparrow, care of The New York Times Syndicate, 620 Eighth Ave., 5th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10018. Questions may also be … Continue reading →

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – Too Little Attention or Too Much?

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For more information about parenting and your child’s development: www.brazeltontouchpoints.org Questions or comments may be addressed to Dr. Joshua Sparrow, care of The New York Times Syndicate, 620 Eighth Ave., 5th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10018. Questions may also be … Continue reading →

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How Fathers Can Help Prevent Postpartum Depression

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For more information about parenting and your child’s development: www.brazeltontouchpoints.org Questions or comments may be addressed to Dr. Joshua Sparrow, care of The New York Times Syndicate, 620 Eighth Ave., 5th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10018. Questions may also be … Continue reading →

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Preventing Postpartum Depression

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For more information about parenting and your child’s development: www.brazeltontouchpoints.org Questions or comments may be addressed to Dr. Joshua Sparrow, care of The New York Times Syndicate, 620 Eighth Ave., 5th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10018. Questions may also be … Continue reading →

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Planning a Successful Family Vacation

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For more information about parenting and your child’s development: www.brazeltontouchpoints.org Questions or comments may be addressed to Dr. Joshua Sparrow, care of The New York Times Syndicate, 620 Eighth Ave., 5th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10018. Questions may also be … Continue reading →

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How Parents Help Each Other Part V: High School Ground Rules

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For more information about parenting and your child’s development: www.brazeltontouchpoints.org Questions or comments may be addressed to Dr. Joshua Sparrow, care of The New York Times Syndicate, 620 Eighth Ave., 5th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10018. Questions may also be … Continue reading →

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Urgent: Summer Safety

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For more information about parenting and your child’s development: www.brazeltontouchpoints.org Questions or comments may be addressed to Dr. Joshua Sparrow, care of The New York Times Syndicate, 620 Eighth Ave., 5th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10018. Questions may also be … Continue reading →

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