We can spoil toddlers by showering them with gifts or snacks. But can we spoil them with attention? No. Research tells us that it is actually very healthy to respond…
Telling children something slightly different than the truth: we have all done it as adults. But why do we do that, and what are the effects? The theatre production Serious…
I was featured in an item of Radio Rijnmond about lying in parents and children, which contributed to the theatre production Serious Comedy: Zoete Leugens, Stoute Leugens (Sweet Lies, Bad…
Erasmus University Rotterdam interviewed psychologist Sophie van der Zee (Erasmus School of Economics) and me about our research on lying. We spoke about egoistic lies and social lies, and the…
Radio Rijnmond interviewed me about the Arosa Project, in which I studied the characteristics of domestic abuse victims. I argue that increasing self-reliance is not enough for these women and…
