Should I Answer Every Text My Child Sends? How Constant Communication is Disabling Our Children
I spend a lot of time with teenagers, because I have one. As an observer of this unique species, I am noticing that teenagers are changing in fundamental ways as a result of their relationship with technology. Teenagers are frequently out and about in the world on their own and with their peers, particularly in […]
The Cry for Certainty in an Increasingly Uncertain World: Why We Need to Know That Some Things CAN’T Happen
When my nine-year-old daughter asks me if something like what happened in Newtown can happen at her school, I say “No, absolutely not.” I tell her that things like this simply will not happen. Can we know for sure that horrific things, unimaginable things, will not happen? No, the truth is we cannot know for […]