Blue Sundays

Apr 18

Blue Sundays

Some Sunday’s are vibrant and green, full of activity. They are full of the promise of Spring. They are filled with the promise of things to do, people to see, and adventures to experience. But some Sundays are blue. For reasons that don’t fully reveal themselves, they feel slower and laced with melancholy. I’m usually a bootstrap-pulling optimist...

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Parenting a Teen: LE Grows Up…But Into What?

Jan 10

Parenting a Teen: LE Grows Up…But Into What?

“LE’s really growing up, isn’t he?” A former colleague and mastermind buddy emailed me a week or so ago. She’d seen this video and commented on LE’s vertical growth, his deepening voice, and his overall physical maturity. “Yes,” I countered in a reply…”but into what?” The Metamorphosis of...

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Frequent Moves Can Increase Suicide in Teens

Jun 28

Frequent Moves Can Increase Suicide in Teens

According to a recent study, moving more than three times can increase feelings of isolation among kids. A study recently published in the Archives of Psychiatry, summarized here in an article on MSNBC.com, states that: “… kids aged 11 to 17 were twice as likely to attempt suicide if their families moved three or more times compared to those who had never...

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