Lately, I have been thinking about the concept of personal responsibility. Personal responsibility is the acceptance of standards that society sets for individual behavior and our efforts to live by those standards. Conversely, it also means when someone fails to meet the expected standards, they do not look for external […]
Parenting and Family
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Perseverance, determination, problem solving abilities: these are all positive attributes we hope our children will develop and use effectively as adults. I’ve been thinking about how we can best help our children work toward those goals. This was spurred by two recent conversations. The first was with a person I […]
I love games and puzzles. Word games, board games, card games are all favorites. I like to play against myself to keep my mind sharp and thinking strategically. I like playing with others for the relational value. When I was young and we would visit relatives over the holidays, the […]
It can be difficult to know what to say to your children when tragedy strikes close to home. Even as adults, we often don’t understand the reasons people choose violence as a way to make a point or as a solution to their problems. Yet, we want to respond to […]