Loss (of Control)
It is one of the most core human fears, and if we are honest, every single one of us has worried about it at many different points in our lives. Continue Reading →
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A Tribute to My Grandpa: Of Life, Legacy, and Love
Author’s note: On Monday, May 27th, 2019 (Memorial Day), James Charles Schroeder, my grandfather, passed away at the age of 86. As a young man fresh out of high school, Continue Reading →
It Takes a Village…
The year was 1957 in the small town of Wauchula, Florida. It was place where the economy largely depended on the land, where farmers worked in orange groves and sold Continue Reading →
Rejection is Worse than Death
It was a Friday evening. My wife and I were sitting in the kitchen talking to a friend of ours while the kids played outside. Our friend indicated that for Continue Reading →
Backpacking – Family Style
I awoke to the sound of youthful chatter. As was later noted, Matthew had set his watch alarm for 5:37 AM (for reasons only a 10-year-old can understand), ushering in Continue Reading →
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 Continue Reading →
We Are What We Eat
Part I: Where Have We Come From? In 1886, long before fast food outlets would become a mainstay of American culture, a little known druggist by the name of John Continue Reading →
What Autism Teaches Us about Relationships – What Technology Does Not
Part I: Opening Act I am sitting directly across from him. I mention something about the rain outside. He briefly looks up and responds affirmatively, but just as quickly he Continue Reading →
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 Continue Reading →
The Double Helix of Faith and Family
Over sixty years ago, in a small laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, Harry Harlow devised a series of groundbreaking and controversial studies. Using infant macaque monkeys, Harlow was interested in examining Continue Reading →