Kids and Violent Video Games
In our family, we had to make a decision when my pre-teen son told me he was playing a game called “Call of Duty.” He told me over and over that “all the kids are playing it” and “my best friend’s parents let us play at his house.” I spent some time on the computer learning about video games. It did not take [...]
On the Outside Looking In
Many people just spent the holidays feeling a sense of loss, missing someone they love dearly, or wishing they were part of a warm circle instead of feeling cold and alone. A human truth is we can be surrounded by people and still feel we’re alone -–on the outside looking in. Have you ever wanted to be part of something only to feel [...]
Oxy
By now, most people know about the crisis. Heroin is resurgent and more popular than ever before. In every community, it is shattering lives and sowing grief. Experts call it the opiate epidemic. Do you have someone in your life addicted to heroin? America blinked and the unthinkable happened. Heroin became demystified, even okay to millions of young people. It is no longer [...]
Waiting to file a Parenting Plan? Don’t!
Are you missing your child right now? Seething with anger and frustration that you’re not getting time with him or her? You have all the love in the world to share, and, yet, you’re being forced to wait and wait without any end to the hurt. Time passes and nothing changes. Still you hold off. Maybe you’re afraid of angering your ex and [...]
Responsible
We live in a time when everything feels upside down. Changes to our society are happening so quickly that it feels like there is no stable platform anymore. Instead of standing on firm ground, with a purpose, we feel like we are standing on a bed of quicksand, with no clear path to safety. This feeling leads to anxiety, which is an all-too-common [...]
Stand Down
Practically everyone is talking about the senseless violence in Las Vegas. There is a lot of talk. Not much in the way of solutions. People feel powerless. Even worse, anger and frustration produce debate. Do you ever feel like you are hearing the exact same words after each new tragedy? Does it feel like nothing is changing, nothing productive is being done? An [...]
