My friend L., her husband and three children live just outside Tokyo. About two weeks before the tsunami and earthquake her family moved into the dream home they had designed and built over the course of several years. Since the tragedy, her Facebook updates from her phone have taken a reflective tone and offered consolation…
I’m having nightmares about this blog. As if there wasn’t enough to fret about. I’m happy to report daughter #1 has completed college applications, been accepted to a couple great places already, and I have not turned into a Tiger Mother – yet. However, I have been woefully deficient in updating this blog. For some…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The World’s Foremost Bullying Prevention Program Releases Findings from National Study New York, New York, October 20, 2010 In support of National Anti-Bullying Month, Hazelden Publishing and Clemson University presented the Web event: “Bullying in the US: Are We Making the Grade?” The Olweus Bullying Questionnaire has been administered to over half a…
PBS Parents website currently features my contribution to their Expert Q&A series, with a piece on How Every Child Can Grow Up Global. My hope was to share practical, do-able ideas for any parent to get started giving their child the world. I’ve been impressed by the quality of the comments and feedback on the…
With all the talk of “Restoring Honor” and taking back our country, I’ve been thinking a lot about the changes in America that feel so threatening to some. We are living through revolutions in just about every sphere of life. Some revolutions can be terrific. Like the American Revolution. Or the technological revolution that enabled…
“I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it’s the spirit.” -Kahlil Gibran It’s that time of year when important holidays from major world faiths converge, we’re about to mark another anniversary of 9/11, and those…
