Martha Edwards, Ackerman Institute faculty member, weighs in, on the messages that dressing babies in bikinis sends to small children.

This Column Will Change Your Life: Tempo Trouble Guardian writer, Oliver Burkeman examines what happens to relationships when partners march to the beats of different drums? He cites Ackerman Institute faculty member, Peter Fraenkel, and his book Sync Your Relationship, Save Your Marriage, talking about a hidden dimension of intimacy–time perception.

“How to Forgive Anyone and Why Your Health Depends On It” http://www.oprah.com/oprahs-lifeclass/How-to-Forgive-Others-Health-Benefits-of-Forgiveness-Fred-LuskinHarriet Brown writes about the struggle to forgive and highlights a course on forgiveness with Ackerman presenter,Fred Luskin, PhD. She discusses ways to forgive others and the health benefits one may experience from the process of forgiving. Read the full article on the Oprah

Laurie Kaplan, co-director of Ackerman Insitute’s Social Work and Diversity Program, discusses street safety for young children with Eyewitness News.

Lois Braverman, Ackerman Institute’s president, discusses children and safety with Eyewitness News 4. Lois Braverman on Eyewitness News at 4 from Ackerman Institute on Vimeo.

The Ackerman Institute’s Elana Katz was featured by writer, Sam Roberts, in a NY Times article on leading divorcing couples through mediation versus litigation. Mediation is designed to make divorce less adversarial and lead couples through divorce in an emotionally healthy way. Read the full article on the NY Times website by clicking here.

“Ready to Wed? No, Mom…” With same-sex marriage now legal in New York, some gay sons and daughters are starting to feel the same heat from parents as their straight siblings do. NY Times writer, Tim Murphy, spoke to Ackerman Institute faculty member, Jean Malpas to garner his professional opinion to how to let parents

Recent Grads: How to Survive Moving Back Home Ackerman Institute’s Lois Braverman was interviewed by Metro’s Cassandra Garrison about how young adults and families should deal with moving back home after college. She says, “I would have the young adult say to themselves, ‘What do I know will make things the calmest and the smoothest?

“Runaway Brides Challenge Stigma Against Unmarried Women” Peter Fraenkel, director of the Ackerman Institute for the Family’s Center for Work and Family, discussed the runaway bride in this Huffington Post article by Katherine Bindley. He sees the willingness to question an upcoming wedding as a good thing. He finds that engaged couples today are more

Telling Secrets in the Family An interview with Ackerman Institute’s Evan Imber-Black about how to tell a family secret thoughtfully and well. In contrast to televised and sensationalist secret telling in front of mass audiences, Dr. Imber-Black works with families to prepare carefully before revealing important secrets. She tells stories from her work about the

Professional Help: 5 Tips for Those Raising Transgender Children Jean Malpas, director of Ackerman Institute’s Gender and Family Project, offers professional help and five tips for parents raising transgender children. To read the full article, visit the Atlantic website.

“Adult Sexting: Does it Help or Hurt Relationships?” by Emma GrayBeing on the receiving end of an unsolicited sext can be a dangerous situation, especially when it crosses the line into harassment. “When it’s used as [a tool for] flirtation among adults … it’s very very risky, both for the sender and receiver,” says Lois