LEAN BACK, NOT IN!!!
“Don’t lean back, lean in. Put your foot to that gas pedal and keep it there until the day you have to make a decision, and then make a decision. That’s the only way, when […]
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THE FAMILY iPAD
I saw a girl in my office recently who demonstrated a new phenomenon. During our hour-long counseling session, we discussed issues she was struggling with related to friendship dramas. But what struck me was how,
Stop Having Children!
Okay, this is going to sound a bit crabby, and perhaps insensitive, though it is not meant to be mean-spirited. I saw yet another story about a poor, single mother who is having a hard
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Children Lead Such Complicated lives
I have read a lot of history books over the years, and so I know that kids have faced challenges throughout our history. These challenges have changed over time. 100 or so years ago it
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Catholic Priests Gone Bad
I watched a HBO documentary last night call Mea Culpa about the sex abuse scandals in the catholic church, and it was extremely depressing. Not about the stories; I’ve read about and seen specials before
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SULTRY SUPER BOWL
I watched most of the super bowl on Sunday, and I became extremely plugged into all the sexual content of the commercials and Beyonce’s half time show. And I worried once again about the effects
Stan the Man and Abraham Lincoln
I am glad that Stan Musial’s funeral and his life have been headline news around here the past few days. I was getting sick of hearing about failed figures like Lance Armstrong and Manti Teo
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STRESSED COLLEGE STUDENTS
I read a recent article from Macleans CA about the rapidly rising incidence of mental health problems experienced by college students in Canada and the US. They found that a quarter of university-aged Canadians experienced
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Manti Te’o: JUST A 22 YEAR OLD KID???
Just a quick thought about something I heard today on the radio in regards to the unfolding drama about Notre Dame football player Manti Te’o. Several people on different shows said we should go easy
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Lance Armstrong- Does the end justify the means?
Lance Armstrong will be the center of Oprah’s attention tonight, which means he will at the center of the universe as we currently know it. I’ve heard and read a lot about how we should
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TRAVELLING AS A RIGHT OF PASSAGE
Listening to my sons, ages 27 and 23, describing their recent adventures in South America to a friend reminded me of why such trips are so valuable for young people. The 27 year old was
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DELAYING MARRIAGE
As I sit here in my new snoopy PJ bottoms given to me by good friends at Christmas, I’m not quite sure what to make of the fact that so many young people in their
Thou Shalt Not SHOULD On Thyself
The holiday season is over, but did you take the opportunity to make it what you wanted? Meaning, now that january 1 has passed are you all pissy because you had to do this and
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Look Backward Before Setting Resolutions
Before you blurt out some new resolutions for the new year, I’d suggest you 1st look backward for insight. If you failed in accomplishing goals for 2012, ask yourself “why?” What kept you from staying
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Kids Process Newtown Tragedy
I sat this week in a classroom of 5th grade students, a class I have worked with with my wife many times since they started the 4th grade last school year. We have been helping
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Lessons from Sandy Hook Elementary School
My first thoughts about what happened yesterday are really not thoughts at all; they are just feelings. Sad; angry; powerless stand out. I work in so many schools and I can’t imagine if it had
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Cooperation Trumps Competition
I recently saw a documentary entitled I Am, and was ecstatic to get some science behind my beliefs about competition. When I work with girls in the classroom with my Strong Girls Strong World program,
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Stop Babying Your Children!!!
As I walked through the streets of Cusco, Peru last week, I noticed so many young children standing on the curbs of some really busy streets. There were some tiny little, probably 2 year olds
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Where Did You Go To High School? HUMBUG!!!
It is an annual St. Louis tradition to ask people where they went to high school, because we all have HUGE judgments about each school and what it means about the people who went there.
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The Gifts Of A Storm
I saw some kids living in Sandy-ravaged New Jersey interviewed by reporters the other day, and their thoughts were interesting. Several spoke of their new-found appreciation for what is really important in life, ie. not
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