Search Results empathy Family Oct 13, 2022 A River Runs Between Us “It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us.” – Norman Maclean I was sitting on the couch in our family room, and it was […] Full Article Health Sep 15, 2022 Feeling Like I… They are as certain as death and taxes. They dominate our life. They often fluctuate minute by minute, hour by hour, year by year. They are a fabric of our […] Full Article Parenting Feb 14, 2022 Culture of Me; Cultivation of We In 2016, one of the leading empathy researchers in the world, Dr. Michelle Borba, published a book entitled “Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World.” The book opened […] Full Article Health Aug 14, 2020 We Can Do This As the COVID-19 pandemic roles on, and anxiety increases about what the fall semester will look like for school, what the economic outlook will be, and just how healthy we […] Full Article Parenting May 8, 2020 The Abuse Potential She is just wailing. 35 minutes after she started crying, nothing seems to make a difference. Not walking around. Not rocking her. Not patting her on the back or checking […] Full Article Faith • Health May 8, 2020 Look What Has Gone Viral This past morning, Jim and I were talking in the locker room as we often do. Jim is wise gentleman in his mid-80’s whom I met over a year and […] Full Article Community • Relationships Feb 14, 2019 A Community in Need of a Conversation: Further Considerations Regarding Gender Variance Over the past month or so, few issues have been more debated or publicized locally than the announcement that North Park library will hold a “Drag Queen Story Hour” in […] Full Article Parenting Sep 14, 2018 E is for Everyone A couple of years ago, I published an article entitled “The Essential Elements for Effective Parenting.” In the article, I contended (based on research and experience) that beyond any techniques, […] Full Article Parenting Jan 5, 2018 The Essential Elements for Effective Parenting “Noah’s head is bleeding.” I had just stepped inside after my bike home from work. The day had started at 5 AM with an early training session and had ended […] Full Article All Articles