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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.
Parenting
Weeding Through the Decisions of Youth
Last spring, I set out to start a small garden in our yard. I thought it would be a great chance to eat more organically and teach the children about […]
Parenting
Playing the Parenting Odds—Teaching Our Children to Do the Same
About a year ago, my wife, Amy, and I had the privilege of talking to a group of teenage mothers, and those expecting, about many different topics related to their […]
Mental Health
Moving Beyond the Fear of Fear
By March 4, 1933, the United States was deep into the worst depression it would ever know. Forty-eight of the fifty states had closed their banks. Two million people were […]
Health • Relationships
Resolving to Make This Year Mean More
Every year around this time, millions of people make their New Year’s resolutions. Some of the most popular are to lose weight, be more organized, quit smoking, and enjoy life […]
Parenting
Conversations About Death…in Pursuit of Life
In 2013, Paul Salopek set out on a journey of ultra-epic proportions from the Great Rift Valley in Ethiopia to the southernmost tip of South America. His journey, known as […]
Exercise • Mental Health
[Un]Settling for the Long Haul: The Interplay of Complacency, Stagnation, and Psychiatric Drugs
As we age, we stop following our physical bliss. The body is pampered rather than challenged. It is told to be quiet, and becomes no more than a receptacle for […]
Health • Parenting
Risperdal for a 2-year-old? Turning the Tide, One Interaction at a Time
I see him out of the corner of my eye. This time he is carrying cups full of water, ones that he has been filling in the bathroom while he was […]
Health • Relationships
Transgender
Part I: Where We Agree Over the past couple of decades, the topic of transgender and gender variant identity has reached the forefront in this country and beyond. It is […]
Parenting • Relationships
The Value of Our Efforts
On the morning of April 12th, 1980, Terry Fox dipped his right leg in the Atlantic Ocean. He filled up two water bottles. One he hoped to dump into the […]
Parenting
Are We Losing Our Parental Will?
Some time ago, a pediatrician that I respect greatly stopped by my office to chat. In the midst of the conversation, he smiled, and spontaneously mentioned that he had seen […]