Empathy + Self-Confidence = Peace
This past Saturday, my husband had the Mike Calta Show on 102.5 FM playing in the car while we were doing errands. Mr. Calta was...
We Must Curb Our Own Jealousies Before We Can Save Our Children from Theirs
Jealousy in children! Will it ever stop? As adults, we have to examine our own behavior before we can answer this question. Jealousy...
Empathy 101
Parents, it’s ten o’clock! Have your kids had their dose of empathy yet? Betcha they have! Here are 19 ways that you can guarantee...
Does Banning Positive Images of Police Make Sense?
I don’t usually watch O’Reilly, but I happened to hear the story of High-Five Fridays in Northampton, Massachusetts elementary schools...
Who Teaches Empathy?
During recess today, I was sitting at a picnic table with some kindergarten teachers in a playground for primary grade students. They...
Don't Pull the Race Card to Warrant Hostility
Responding to the story on CNN the night before last about the beating of a white handicapped eighteen-year-old by four black youth, I am...
Tolerance of Free Speech
Last Saturday, I was at a writer’s association meeting. It was posted beforehand that a speaker would be coming in to talk about...
Squash Bullying Despite Trump
I just read a New York Times article titled, “Bullying in the Age of Trump.” It emphasized the rise of bullying in the wake of Donald...
Do Not Judge a Book By Its Cover and Treat Others the Way You Wish to Be Treated
What can you tell me about the little girl in the picture above? What country do you immediately think she is from? What holiday is she...
