As parents, what does time spent surfing the net tell us about our teenagers?
Snorting for Superior SATs?
Just how much pressure are we putting on our high school students to get those make-or-break grades, and even more so – the highest possible SAT or ACT scores to get into college? Must every child have that much coveted four-year education? Just how far will we push our kids to make that happen? In […]
Breaking the Rules
Occasionally breaking the rules is one thing. A pattern of disregard, something else.
Nolo Contendere
Listening. Can it make or break a relationship?
Pictures at an Exhibition
An exploration of much loved images, family connections and memories.
Eight Hours, Six Sons, Two Dreams
In the dream I am a young boy, an adolescent really, fourteen or fifteen. My skin is translucent, my veins sky blue, and my fingers are finally growing. My arms and legs are too long on an awkwardly assembled chassis. My voice has yet to drop and my cheeks show no need of a razor. […]
Trophies and Proofs
My diplomas are stowed in dresser drawers, somewhere. Those sheepskins cost a pretty penny. You’d think they’d be framed and displayed on a wall. But they’re not. In fact, I’m not entirely sure which drawers in which dresser, and it doesn’t matter. My definition of success isn’t dependent on what others see or feel when […]
How to Marry the “Right” Person
Can we acquire the skills to choose partners with our heads as well as our hearts?
Calling Home
I’m sitting at a red light in Friday rush hour traffic. It’s a ridiculous time of day to be out and I know it, but here I am, stuck and fidgeting, when the cell phone sitting in the passenger seat rings. I answer, pushing speaker phone. “Hi Mom,” he says. I’d been hoping he’d call […]
Reclaiming My Parental Rights… To Nights
Just say YES… to setting limits with teens and young adults.