“If I just…”
I’m often surprised by how brilliantly The Onion delivers the one-two punch with humor to soften defenses and reality as the immediate and unwelcome follow up. I read this post the …
How We Remember
If you were told to plan the ideal vacation with the caveat that you wouldn’t remember it afterwards, what would you plan? This question was posed by behavioral economist and …
On the Road with Jack Kerouac
Wednesday marked Jack Kerouac’s birthday. The prolific American novelist would have been 92 this week. An astute observer pointed out to me that this storytelling image, featured multiple places on …
Parenting in the Dark Zone: Part III
After laying the groundwork for limits with teens, we invariably land on this question: How do parents find a good approach to boundaries that honor both dependence and independence, …
Parenting in the Dark Zone: Part II
If you took a snapshot of the scene we would most often find between you and your teen, what would it be? Would you be yelling at each other? …