The Itchy, Scratchy Ennui

It is not at all uncommon at the end of winter to get that itchy feeling of being so ready for the season to change. We’re tired of being cooped up in the house. We’re tired of eating cheese and watching television. We are ready for spring, summer, sun, and...

The Importance of Letting Children Fail

It is hard to watch your children make mistakes; it literally hurts your heart because you know the sadness, disappointment, or frustration that your child will experience. But just as you learned from your own mistakes and managed the feelings that came with them, so...

Loving Yourself this Valentine’s Day

If you’ve ever been on a plane, you’ve seen the flight attendants demonstrate that, in an emergency, a passenger should always put their oxygen mask on first before offering help to another person. This makes sense, of course. You can’t help other people if you’ve...

Black History Month All Year Long

February is Black History Month and while this is a great thing to celebrate all month long, we should actually be learning Black history all the time, just as we should always be learning women’s history, Native American history, Asian history, Latino history,...