dr. joshua weiner is here to explain. good morning. nice to see you. >> too. good morning. >> we hear about seasonal effective disorder sad when it's winter and gloomy but spring can cause these reactions too? >> absolutely. a lot of people associate cold weather with low moods. actually the springtime is the month and the months of the year april and may, have more suicides than any other times of the year. so it's surprising to a lot of people and it's not just in this area. this is worldwide. so the spring version, in the southern hemisphere same thing. you're going to ask, why, right? >> exactly. >> why is this? we don't know. that's really the answer. but it's a long-standing phenomena. has to do with a couple things. one is changes in the amount of daylight. people with bipolar disorder in particular toned to have a very difficult time with increase in light exposure throwing moods out of whack. the other thing, a lot of people are feeling better during this time of year. feel they're finally coming out, getting outside, feeling better. if you're not and

dr. joshua weiner what age is okay for a child to play outside alone. so dr.ner at what age do you think it's okay for a child to play outside alone? >> it depends on two things. number one, it depends on your child and what they're going to do. so if you live in a busy dangerous neighborhood lots of traffic, you need to have that age be higher. if you're talking about your kid going in your backyard, it can be lower. if you're forcing me to give an age, seven, eight years old, somewhere in that range. but the important point is whatever you're doing you need to sit down with your child ahead of time and make sure they know what to do if problems occur so that way the child's prepared and you can be more calm that things will go well. >> as a psychiatrist with a lot of experience with children and parenting, what do you think is the best parenting style? >> be a sensible parent. neither extreme is really good. it's not good to be a helicopter parent it's not good to be an extreme free-range parent. you want to be a parent who's loving supportive who's there wi