Raising Kids With An Opinion. Be Careful What You Wish For.
My husband and I are pretty opinionated people and we are highly passionate about our opinions. Our three children have been raised in periodic moments of volatile discourse because of their parents’ passionate beliefs and willingness to express those beliefs. It...
Dear Class of 2020
Dear Class of 2020, My daughter is among your ranks as a college graduate from the Pennsylvania State University. Hopes were high when she started college and our family is keeping the faith that things will be good again soon. In the meantime, it seems that we’ve...
Family Technology: The Pain and the Glory
All three of my children are adults and thus, I have zero control over their technology use. I’m grateful for that in that it must be absolutely overwhelming for parents of young children to manage the constant demand and scary changes that technology can offer their...
Are We Sending Our Kids Down a Passion Path That’s Making Them Miserable?
How come our kids are so unhappy? How come so many of them are struggling with anxiety and depression? Why don’t they like college the way we did? Why don’t they look forward to adulthood the way many of us did when we were their age? There are lots of theories that...