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Choose Your Own Adulthood
The greatest adventure in life is the transition into adulthood. Nothing compares to the newfound freedoms, possibilities, and responsibilities that come with life on your own. As my daughter began that journey…
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Getting into the “right” college
The world has always been involved in some kind of collective insanity, but one kind seems to be gripping us all: the pressure to…
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What does an adult look like?
Recently I was on a TV talk show, and the conversation led everyone to start singing “I believe the children are our future…” in their best Whitney Houston voices. I did not join in, which made me look…
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He’s not your baby
“He’ll always be my baby.” If I’ve heard that once, I’ve heard it a thousand times. And most people tend to agree with it, the idea that..
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Doing is Knowing
One of the biggest lies in our world is the lie of education. You know, the one that says, “If we just knew better, we’d do better.”
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Teaching Your Kids to Dream
One of the paradoxes of parenting is this: At the same time, we want our children to be incredibly observant about reality and incredibly…
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Wanna Take Charge of Your Life? Really?
Authority is a tricky thing, really. Sometimes we crave it over somebody else, like a child we think needs to behave, or a co-worker who needs to get something done. Sometimes we crave it…
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Don’t ask questions unless…
Beware of asking your kid, “What were you thinking?!?” They usually weren’t…
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My Project: Stop Projecting
I am just old enough to remember movie theaters that would rise and fall with the right projectionist, the man or woman feeding the film…
