Speak Up
This past week I have been, quite literally, voiceless. A bad case of tonsillitis left me with little more than a whisper. It’s been a very quiet week. Today I still don’t have my voice back but I’m feeling just a bit better and I started to notice the changes in my behavior. I realized I’ve been stepping back.
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Allowing Kids to Fail
Every now and then, an idea explodes through our collective consciences, challenging our notions about how life works. It happened in the fifteenth century when Galileo argued that the earth was round. It happened in the eighteenth century when upstarts in North America decided they wanted to govern themselves. And I hope, for some of you parents,...... >Read More
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Is Racism Natural?
There was a video on CNN yesterday that stopped me in my tracks. It wasn’t footage from Thailand, or election coverage. It is a video of a little 5 year old girl sitting in front of an image of 5 cartoon children.
The children are all wearing the same dress and the same expression, only the color of their skin... >Read More
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How to Stop Spoiling Your Child
Are kids more spoiled today than in years past? According to a Time/CNN poll, 80% of respondents felt that "kids today are more spoiled than kids of 10 or 15 years ago, and two-thirds of parents admit that their kids are spoiled."
On the assumption that lovingly caring for your kids is good, but spoiling them is not so good,... >Read More
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Surviving the stress-filled holidays: A must-have list of tips to reduce chaos
No matter how many resolutions we make, the holidays always seem to cause us to throw budgetary caution to the wind.
If you’re hoping for the gift of more time with your family during the holidays -- take heart.
Consulting this list, and checking it twice is sure to help you be wary of your budget, keep your holiday stress... >Read More
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Courageous: Helping Dads Excel
We put a lot of time and energy in our work... >more
Should a Child's Room be Awesome?
When my children were first born, I did something radical. I didn't... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)