The Roller Coaster of Adolescent Emotions
If your adolescent years were like mine, you remember riding the roller coaster of emotions. There were high highs and low lows. . . that sometimes alternated in minutes! As I’ve worked with teenagers and studied adolescent development over the…
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The Latest on Kids, Football, and Concussions
Over the course of the last few years I’ve been working to follow the latest research on the fallout from those blows to the brain known as concussions. I’ve found the work of the Concussion Legacy Foundation to be particularly…
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Kids and Sports Injuries
In an effort to promote the athletic success of their kids, more and more parents are throwing caution and common-sense to the wind by not taking the necessary precautions that limit sports injuries. With the baseball playoffs now in full…
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Four-Year-Olds and Gender
Late last summer, some very alarming news came out of Scotland that serves as a sign of our times, and as a warning for what’s trending in terms of beliefs and behaviors related to gender. Newsweek reports that Scottish children…
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Kids and Vegetables
I don’t know what life in your family was like when you were growing up, but in my house our parents did not allow us to leave the dinner table until our plates were cleaned. I quickly developed an eating…
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Males, Females, and Concussions
In recent years, we’ve all become aware of the short and long-term effects of athletes suffering concussions. I know. All four of our children were engaged in athletics, and each one has suffered at least one concussion. Now, a team…
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