Advances are being made all the time in the field of mental health and its related disciplines. In the following article posted at True/Slant.com you will find a summary of ten of the most interesting findings made in 2009. I found particularly interesting the findings of a recent study on the effect of apologies on children. Not surprsingly, apologizing to children really does matter. Many parents are reluctant to apologize to their children for fear of showing “weakness,” but the data seems to suggest that an apology serves to validate the child’s sense of right and wrong, and to reassure him/her that the world is by and large a just and predictable place.