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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 • Mental Health • Nature
Want to Be Drug Free? It\’s Time to Live More Simply
Something is taking shape in our communities today. Creeping from the shadows, emerging from within, is a cry for a more holistic existence than the one we’re living in. It […]
Technology
A New Vision of Technology and Our Youth
Over the past decade and a half, I have written a lot about the issues of media/technology and our youth of today. Most of it is available on my website […]
Technology
Why 1:1 Is Not the Answer: Taking a Closer Look at Technology in the Schools
In the educational climate of today, nothing is perceived as more progressive than finding ways to digitalize everything students are doing. What started out as Smart Boards and audio/video projectors […]
Technology
Do You Know What Is Coming into Your Youth’s Phone?
It is 11:30 P.M on a Thursday night. Your 13-year-old daughter is asleep. Suddenly she awakes to a ding from her phone. She quickly realizes that one of her best […]
Articles
Say What? Understanding That What We Say—and How We Say It—Changes Lives
In 1963, Lyman Wynne and Margaret Singer introduced the concept of communication deviance (CD) to describe fragmented patterns of interaction that were characterized by vagueness, interrupting, lack of closure, and […]
Relationships
Say What? Understanding That What We Say—and How We Say It—Changes Lives
In 1963, Lyman Wynne and Margaret Singer introduced the concept of communication deviance (CD) to describe fragmented patterns of interaction that were characterized by vagueness, interrupting, lack of closure, and […]
Health • Technology
How The Almighty Norm Can Dilute Advice We Give and Receive
“Binge-Watching Television Spikes Blood Clot Risk.” This was the headline of a recent article that came out in MD Magazine. The researchers looked at over 86,000 participants in regards to […]
Exercise • Mental Health • Technology
How Following the Trail of “Cutting Edge” and “Convenient” Can Distort Reality
In the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) set out to provide the most extensive review ever conducted of the effectiveness of ADHD medications in children. It […]
Mental Health • Parenting
Now: The Opportunity of a Lifetime
Do the present duty—bear the present pain—enjoy the present pleasure—and leave emotions and ‘experiences’ to look after themselves. That’s the programme, isn’t it? C.S. Lewis The river was running through […]
Parenting
Someday When You Are An Adult
At one point or another, most of us heard it when we were a kid. Probably more than we wanted. Whether our parents decided that our requests were too far-fetched […]