Neufeld Institute | Gordon Neufeld PhD

It was clear right from day one that there was something different about my son. He didn’t have that dreamy, half-conscious look of most newborns. He was unusually alert and awake with intense eye contact. The nurses on the maternity ward were calling...

I’m on my way up to the mountains with my husband and two young daughters. It’s early. Still a bit dark. That’s how it is this time of year – January, on the other side of the winter solstice, and yet not very far from the shortest, and darkest, day...

Twelve years ago, when choosing the motto for the Neufeld Institute – making sense of kids – I was convinced that insight was what was needed most. I am now more convinced of this than ever.
There would be no need for insight if our culture still carried its wisdom and our society was conducive to healthy development. There would be no need to make sense of our children if maturing was automatic or if there was a pill to grow children up...

This is a story about our little Mexican dog, Poquito, and his journey with food.
It wasn’t too long after we had moved to Vancouver Island that my husband, Andrew, went on a special trip to Mazatlan with a group of youth. About halfway in, I received a phone call. Through a fuzzy connection, Andrew asked how I would feel if he brought...