Dr. Bob: I am being treated for cancer. Like Princess Kate, I am very concerned about how to tell my children and how to deal with active treatment that might affect my parenting. Both of my children are under 10 so I anticipate a tough time with trying to tell them. What is your advice?…
Thoughts
Forgiveness – A Requisite Life Skill
Forgiveness is an essential part of human existence. Without the ability to forgive, we could not make progress.
Is the goal happiness?
I think parents should aspire for their children to be good citizens. Caring, loving, sharing, helping and nurturing are the key operational words…then, they will be happy.
WOKE – I’m in!
If woke is being “aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice),” then count me in.
A Joyous Journey
I wasn’t sure what retirement would be like. I knew that I would be “retiring” but vowed to not withdraw from service to children and families.1 My commitment to advocacy could not be time-limited. I could not withdraw from the work at hand. But it would be different. When I was working, I felt that…
Conscious Parenting – Basic Traits
I am convinced that we are never really done “parenting,” even for folks without children or with grown children.