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  • Congraduations!

    This week, my youngest graduates from high school. It’s a wonderful but bittersweet time, as many of you…

  • Respond More, React Less

    Respond More, React Less is, in many ways, the entire ScreamFree message. It’s also an important section in our new online platform, Choose Your Own Adulthood. The platform has editions…

  • Choose More of What You Want Most

    Yesterday we talked about the High School and College Editions of our new online course on the Pause Platform, Choose Your Own Adulthood. It launched yesterday, and I am so excited…

  • 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..

  • I Hope Your Teens Aren’t Perfect

    Perfectionism is a disease. Once introduced into a system, it permeates into practically every arena of life: work, school, sport, parenting, romance, diet, exercise, sex…everything. What makes it so dangerous is how it…

  • A Gift for Your Grad

    A number of you will be attending high school graduation ceremonies this weekend. I wish the best…

  • Your Parenting Flight Path

    As parents, we sometimes feel as if it is our job to get our kids to do certain things. The reality is…

  • The Freedom (and Burden) of Choice

    One of the most difficult truths of adulthood is…

  • It’s Not You; It’s Me

    As we approach the end to another school year, some of us are more reflective than others. That usually depends…

  • Emerging Adults?

    I disagree with Whitney Houston; I don’t believe the children are our future. I believe new adults are the real hope future. Unfortunately,…