And yet there are normal people. Perhaps it is easier to say what is not meant by normal than what is. Normal is not average. If someone could be average in every conceivable way, he could still be ...

The old adage, "familiarity breeds contempt," rings eerily true when considering the dangers of normalizing deviance. Coined by sociologist Diane Vaughan, this phenomenon describes the gradual process ...

Parents frequently ask me whether their teen’s behavior is “normal,” or whether they need to be concerned. I have come to realize these are two very different questions. We are far better served to ...