Monthly Archives: April 2012

“Can Fido and Whiskers Enrich Children’s Lives?” my pediatrician-writer daughter, Perri Klass, asked recently in her column “18 and Under” in the NY Times http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E7D91531F933A25757C0A9649D8B63. The column was sensible, unexceptionable and judicious, but a veritable army of loyal sentimental parents responded praising … Continue reading →

“Meryl Streep!”  I know that resonates. Yes, as an opener I conspicuously just dropped a resounding name.  I don’t ordinarily do that but this is important.  I heard the great actress confirm recently  on the Ellen DeGeneres show that she … Continue reading →