Conflict Schmonflict: My Family Gets Along Just Fine
How often is it that we see people in our extended families and our community that believe that their family gets along just fine and doesn't have any problems, only to find that screaming, yelling, name calling, and physical aggressiveness is almost the norm? There almost seems to be a denial th...
Parenting on the Fly: The Joys of Holiday Air Travel
Ahhh, the joys of holiday air travel. So much to do before you leave, and add the stress of rushing around to the airport and through security. Then add potential stress of family conflict when you get there. Finally add your kids to this holiday cocktail and it can become an experiment in hair l...
Thoughts on Losing a Furry Friend
Our two dogs, my wife's and my first "children," graduated to the dog park in the sky. Ivy, a 16-year-old blue Merle Australian shepherd, and Hunter, a 14-year-old black chow shepherd mix, lived long, relatively healthy lives, and in the end we felt that we had to assist them along their journey ...
Fanatic Parenting
September is synonymous with the return of football season and almost beckons the falling leaves and cool evenings of autumn. For thousands of young kids around the country, this time of year can be like Christmas and for others be a season to be dreaded. The attitude that your child may have abo...
Masters of the Airbrush
Kudos to the British and their Advertising Standards Agency. Recently they banned make-up ads from Uber-star Julia Roberts and Uber-model Christy Turlington due to excessive use of digital manipulation. The claim was that this was basically false advertising for the product they were pitching wit...