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The Freedom of Responsibility
Next week I’m losing a teenager; my daughter Hannah is turning 20. The week after that I’m getting a new titanium hip. Good God, help me, I’m getting old.
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Taking a Sleigh Ride to Happiness
One of the hallmarks of true adulthood is whenever we stop reacting against reality, and start adapting ourselves to it.
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It’s Hard to Be a Kid
It is so easy for adults, feeling overwhelmed by the responsibilities of adulthood, to forget how difficult it can be to be a child. Whether age 8 or 18, it is sometimes just plain hard to be a kid. School is either incredibly difficult or incredibly boring, and relationships are seemingly always full of melodrama or pain, and body image and hormones are, well, major issues. Such is the story of being immature, growing up, and in constant need of validation.
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Obedience
I hate quotes like this one. Not only is it historically inaccurate, it is remarkably immature in its all-or-nothing mentality. The reason I include it here is because, unfortunately, this quote is reflective of some very common sentiments of some very well-meaning parenting experts. Well-meaning, but damaging.
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The Best Spectacles for Obstacles
One way to tell you’re improving as a golfer is how you see the water hazards. Golf course designers don’t use water much as an actual obstacle, but rather as a distraction from the real target. You know you’re getting better when, as you take aim at the green, you don’t even see the water.
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ICYMI — 10
Most Fridays you’ll find me posting links to interesting things I found while looking around the internet. This week’s list contains everything from the sublime to the absurd, with some hopefully thought-provoking stuff thrown in the mix as well. Film Critic A.O. Scott puts on his curmudgeon’s cap for this piece lamenting “The Death of […]
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The More We Protect, The Less We Prepare
I have to admit I’m not in my happiest of places these days—I’m in my “writing mode.” Or, as my literature teacher wife would call it, “The Winter of Our Discontent.” See, I’ve recently begun writing my next book, tentatively titled “Launching Hope.” It’s an effort to help parents lead their adolescents into productive adulthood, […]