Kid’s Brains on Emotions and Some Mindful Exercises That Help

When strong emotions overtake young children, we often think they’ve lost their minds. Well, they have. Brain science indicates that … More

Top Tech Execs Limit Kids’ Screen Time More than Average Parent: What do they know that we don’t?

In 2010, when New York Times’ tech reporter Nick Bilton asked Steve Jobs what his own children thought of the … More

My humble folk band, The Falderals, got a write-up in our neighborhood paper. My son asked if this meant we … More

“We teach children how to measure, how to weigh. We fail to teach them how to revere, how to sense … More

Should we tell our kids to pursue their passions or to be realistic about their life? Live their dreams or … More

We owe it to Martin Luther King to consider the role violence plays in our lives. At the heart of … More

“Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.” – Dag Hammarskjöld It’s autumn and Halloween season, … More

I meet a lot of very ambitious young people. They talk about becoming pro-athletes, mega-star recording artists, and rich business … More

One of the paradoxes of life is that things that feel good in the short run can be very bad … More