Ellen Handler Spitz, Honors College and Visual Arts, explains the power of the arts in child well-being and parenting as an invited author of the “Handbook of Child Well-Being” chapter entitled “Images of Child Well-Being in the Arts.” Dr. Spitz invites readers to consider ways in which the depiction of children in the arts can teach us about childhood by showing us how children have been regarded (and treated) over time. One example featured in her chapter is the depiction of the Holy Child in Christian art, a presentation that over time became gradually more attuned to the physiognomy and …