Earlier this year I happened upon an article by a respected family psychologist and parenting expert. In it, he provided lots of ideas on how parents could improve their family life, a number of which I completely agreed with. But then I got to his recommendation about family dinners. More >>

I’m a Yankee Doodle dandy,
A Yankee Doodle do or die;
A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam’s
Born on the Fourth of July. More >>

It’s easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself. More >>

I was so touched by Kathleen's e-mail about their 6 children, and worrying about the really important things in their future...whom they will marry, for instance. I thought about those decisions, too, with our 3 sons...

 

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A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience...
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"Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic..." More >>

"...Word to the Nation: Guard zealously your right to serve in the Armed Forces, for without them, there will be no other rights to guard." More >>

Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember:  it didn't work for the rabbit

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"...[M]others most of all...carry the key of our souls in their bosoms."

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I had intended my last post to be a one part blog on children and grief, but my daughter amazed me with how she worked through her grief, and I felt compelled to share her innate wisdom. As I said, in my last post, kids express grief in different ways and may not show at all in ways we would expect. So here is how she seemed to work through her grief of the loss of my Dad at the age of five... More >>