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Everyone Needs an Enemy
Everyone needs an enemy. That’s what we saw last night when the second suspect was caught in the Boston Marathon Bombing. It took the “other” to bring us all together, to unite everyone in a common...
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Happy Mom’s Day
My kids always ask me what I want for ______ (fill in the blank with Mother’s Day, birthday, Christmas), and every time I tell them the same thing. Don’t get me anything. I don’t want stuff. Write me a...
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Suggestions for dealing with existential dread
I’m hoping that you have suggestions for one of our parents whose 10 year-old-daughter is struggling with something that you may have struggled with, too: existential dread or anxiety. For a child,...
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The Joy of Teenagers (Wink, Wink)
I swear. I know why religions perform exorcisms. They want to scare the smart-ass-ness out of their young people. Take, for example, my kid. He’s possessed by emotions and hormones right now, consumed...
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Thanksgiving Prayers
So here it is again. Thanksgiving. The years click by so d*mn fast. The holidays are both fun and stressful. There are beloved family members we haven’t seen in a while and delicious food that we...
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