None of us wants our child to suffer from depression. No one wants their child to experience suicidal ideation, but unfortunately, some do. Since 2011, the number of children, teens and young adults committing suicide has doubled. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is the third leading cause of death in young people between the ages of 10 and 24, resulting in … [Read more...]
Our special tonight is a cell phone
You're out for a quiet dinner with a friend, only to find the person at the table next to you having a conversation on her cell phone. Is this disruptive? Probably. Annoying? Absolutely. There is something hard to take about sitting next to someone who's chatting away on a phone while you were hoping for a quiet intimate dinner with friends or family. You might say, well, the caller is … [Read more...]
The myth of connection
How often these days are you stuck in traffic, waiting in a store or sitting in a restaurant and you reach for your smartphone. Not out of need, but simply out of habit. Those addictive little devices that fit oh-so snugly in the palms of our hands. They have such a hold over us that opportunities for chance meetings, conversations and loving gazes are utterly missed. Instead, the enigmatic … [Read more...]
A time for celebration, reflection, renewal
Whether you observe Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, old Celtic traditions -- or simply the passing of one year and the entry of another -- one thing on which we are all in accord is the celebration of life on this rich and remarkable planet Earth. Marking the passage of time, sharing deeply held traditions -- we attempt to uphold these treasured values to the best of our ability. As Tiny Tim, … [Read more...]
The Legacy: Time to deal with it.
How many times have you heard someone say, "I'll never be like my father" (or mother). Maybe someone said to you, "You know, your grandfather had a temper just like yours." How shocked you were to hear such a false accusation. You protest, "Not me," or, "I’m never going to raise my children the way I was raised. ... "I will never be impatient like my father, or say those mean things to … [Read more...]
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