Paying their Way
Many of our millennial children are smack dab in the era of student loans, expensive tuition and relatively low entry-level salaries. As a result,...
Not a Movement Too Soon
There’s a new teachable moment we have to confront as parents and it’s one that is long overdue. As the #MeToo movement was taking off,...
Learning to Give Is a Gift for Our Kids
Do our kids really need all of those gifts? These days, it seems like the gifts that go on for, well, days and days....
An Electronic Challenge
I was thinking that maybe this Thanksgiving we could all give up our smartphones for a day. You can only answer your phone if...
The Best Cure for First-Day Jitters
The first day of school has so many challenges and joys, whether it’s the start of daycare, kindergarten, middle school, high school, college or...
Last But Not Least
The pressure is on to get your family in shape for going back to school. One of the best things you can do now...
Last but not Least
I’m now a dad to a teenage daughter and a son who just turned 11. Far from being a helicopter parent, I’ve tried to...
Building in My Son a Strong Sense of Self that has Nothing to Do...
Tasked with writing about health and well-being for this month's column, I wanted nothing more than to avoid talking about my own screwed up...
When Birds and Bees Start Buzzing Around
Talking about the “birds and the bees” with our children is tricky, uncomfortable and, in many ways, a parent’s nightmare. But it’s a part...
Last But Not Least
This January there will be no female president moving into the White House, despite the hopes of so many. On election day, I ran into...
