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These articles comprise over ten years worth of writing from Dr. James Schroeder, with the most recent listed first. If you are looking for a specific article or perspective on a particular topic we advise utilizing the Search bar. You may also filter articles by Category using the menu above the articles.
Community • Mental Health • Parenting
Reducing the Contagion of Threat Anxiety: What to Do About Safety Fears in Schools?
The past couple of weeks, lawmakers, school personnel, parents, and students have been grappling with what to do in the wake of the Florida tragedy, and a multitude of other […]
Exercise • Mental Health
Giving the Gift of Self Through Movement
This morning, I waved at my wife, Amy, as we did our usual “tag team” exercise routine. I had gone out early for a run, and as I got home, […]
Health • Relationships
Why the End Doesn’t Justify the Means, But the Means Can Always Justify the End
Human nature is naturally focused on outcomes. We can deal with a difficult, sad story if it has a happy ending. We love when our favorite team wins even if […]
Parenting • Relationships
Being Smart About Our Feelings
Sometimes the best journeys aren’t necessarily from east to west, or from ground to summit, but from heart to head… […]
Exercise • Mental Health • Nature
Divine Gifts of the Mundane: Winter Edition
It was -1 degrees (Fahrenheit) as I left the house for my usual bike commute to work. For years, I had experienced cold rides all the way down to zero, […]
Health • Parenting • Technology
Why All the Worry? Reasons for Our Kids’ Anxiety
Evidence increasingly suggests that we and our youth are exhibiting increased levels of anxiety and depression. Consider for one that the suicide rate for teens and young adults (20-24) of […]
Parenting
Parenting Untapped: Hilarity and Flexibility Stitched Into One
It was 12:35 PM. Amy and I were sitting outside the chapel in the prayer garden at St. Mary’s enjoying lunch with the kids. All was relatively quiet until suddenly […]
Health
Meeting Poverty in Person
On November 29, 2016, Catholic Charities hosted a poverty summit in Evansville. Business and community leaders from the city and surrounding areas were invited to discuss ways in which we […]
Community • Parenting
Kindergarten Redshirting
The term “redshirting” is often attributed to a Nebraska football player, Warren Alfson, who in 1937, asked to practice with the team (while wearing a numberless red shirt), but not […]
Nutrition • Parenting • Technology
A Plea from a Father and a Child Psychologist
Dear Parents of the Tri-state Area, For those of who have read anything I have previously written, you quickly come to realize just how much I feel that the vitality […]