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Articles
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.
Exercise • Nature
In Search of a Hundred Miles of Gratitude
Over the past few years, many people have asked me about why I have become involved in endurance training, most recently ultramarathons. Questions center around the time it takes, especially […]
Articles
Partner Bill of Rights: Speaking to the Cycle of Abuse
In 1993, the World Health Bank estimated that domestic violence, or intimate partner violence (IPV), was a greater cause of poor health than traffic accidents and malaria combined1. It was […]
Community • Health • Relationships
Partner Bill of Rights: Speaking to the Cycle of Abuse
In 1993, the World Health Bank estimated that domestic violence, or intimate partner violence (IPV), was a greater cause of poor health than traffic accidents and malaria combined1. It was […]
Parenting
The Paradox of Praise
In February of 2014, in the Journal of Experimental Psychology (General), Eddie Brummelman and colleagues published an article that revisited the subject of praise for youth. For decades, praise and […]
Parenting • Relationships
I Do. It’s a Girl. What’s Next for Us?
Cries ring out in the delivery room. For months and months, two anxious parents have awaited the birth of their child. Married just a couple of years before, they were […]
Mental Health • Relationships
Turning Distress Into Joy
Part I: Forgiveness On the night of January 21, 1995, Azim Khamisa’s life changed forever. While delivering pizza, his 20-year-old son, Tariq Khamisa, was shot and killed by Tony Hicks, […]
Technology
Thinking Through the Immersion Dilemma: What if My Teen’s Life is Governed by Media & Technology?
Over the past couple of years, I have spoken and written much about issues related to our youth’s use of media and technology. In addition to this series, further reading […]
Exercise • Nature
The Day the Silence Died
“When society is made up of men who know no interior solitude it can no longer be held together by love: and consequently it is held together by a violent […]
Technology
Dear Friends & Family: My Apologies on Being in the Technological Dark Ages, But…
Dear Loved Ones: As most of you know, I don’t carry a mobile device. The cell phone that my wife uses, and I periodically share, has no texting or internet. […]
Technology
High-Tech CEOs—Low-Tech Parents: Are We Getting the Message?
On September 11th, an article was published in the New York Times entitled, “Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent”. It was not the first one of its kind. The author, […]