A Million Dollars an Hour?
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Les Leopold has penned a book that if factual, is enough to you make you very uneasy and at some junctures downright angry.
Happiness Linked to Health
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Recently I attended a conference on how happiness affects the health of people in general.
Bullied Boy Dies
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Bailey O’Neil was a handsome, 11 year-old honor student from Darby, Pennsylvania.
Happy not Necessarily Meaningful
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In September of 1942 Victor Frankl, a Jewish psychiatrist and nuerologist from Vienna was deported to a Nazi concentration camp along with his elderly parents and pregnant wife.
College Debt Increasing
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American college students have collectively accumulated a whopping $530 billion dollars in college debt.
Class and classroom
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has administered the PISA or Program for International Assessment for years.
An Attitude of Gratitude
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I travelled to New York City to pick my daughter up this past weekend who is just back from Africa.
Hope is Eternal
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Our media dominated world saturates us with news 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
School Tragedy
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On the surface, the school shooting at Newtown defies any rational or irrational explanation.
Holidays 2012
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The lights are on many houses and in the distance, snow can be seen on the mountains and that holiday feeling is in the air.
Life after Children
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No more reaching for the milk carton only to find out that it has been put back in the refrigerator empty.
Global Warming Real
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The recent U.S. political campaign held many surprises including super storm “Sandy.”
Education improving
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While much has been made of the American education system and its many shortcomings, the truth tells a different story.
Our pets are family, too
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Our pets are so important to us and give rise to great expressions of emotion and love.
Mean People Make More
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A recent study revealed that men described as disagreeable or mean make 18 percent more money than their more agreeable peers.
Youth Unemployment
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The unemployment rate for teens aged 16 to 19 years of age is a staggering 24.5 percent.
Affordable College?
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In today’s competitive world, a post-secondary education is practically a requirement for securing a reasonable standard of living.
Peers Predict Future
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A recent study conducted by a group of Concordia University researchers found that the conduct and behavior of children on the playground may be a fairly accurate predictor of adult personality types.
Tomorrow Is another Day
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So were the sentiments expressed by Scarlett O’Hara in the movie, “Gone with the Wind.”
No Relationship Between Gaming and Violence
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While some media outlets continue to propagate stories of youth violence, youth violence continues to decline.
Hard Times Especially Hard on Children
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Currently, 23.1 percent of America’s children are being raised in poverty.
Talking to Teens
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Over the weekend, I worked with a teenager and his father to take down a carport.
Bullying Doesn’t End When School’s Out
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The threat of bullying does not end when the final school bell rings, signaling the end of the school year.
Celebrate Life Everyday!
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While everyone wants to happy, the pain of unhappiness seems especially difficult for young people.
Summertime, take it easy
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Summertime maybe our most memorable season as it is so short yet so fantastic.
Remember school times
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They have donned their graduation robes, adjusted their tassels and now they walk the last walk while Pomp and Circumstance plays in the background.
Parenting in Transition
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Not too many years ago, it seemed that there was a common understanding about parenting.
Cool it Daddio!
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Those words probably sounded strange to the parents that overheard these words spoken by teenagers in the 50s.
College Graduates Face Tough Times
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College graduates with bachelor’s degrees are increasingly either unemployed or underemployed.
Happiness Not Just for High Achievers
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Such is a line from a popular song that refrains with “there is life at both ends of that red dirt road.”
Holding On and Letting Go
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It was my daughter’s birthday this week and while she lives in another state, I spoke with her at some length on the telephone.
Role Models and Heroes
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Young children often see their parents as heroes as well as those that act as caretakers or as situational parents such as teachers, daycare providers and so on.
Try to Remember, it’s a kids game
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Sports researchers say that people love sports because people with talent or skills combined with determination and dedication can do very well in sports.
Will this generation sink under college debt?
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According to a recent USA Today report, student loan defaults are at their highest rate since 1998 and appear to be headed even higher going forward.
Schandenfruede?
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Schandenfruede? Schadenfruede is a German word meaning pleasure derived from the misfortune of others.
Must safeguard themselves
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While parents, teachers, youth advocates, clergy, law enforcement and many supporting or focused youth agencies work to protect youth, in the end, teens themselves must be their own greatest protector.
Millennials Ready To Lead
As America’s political divide has widened, with middle-aged eyes mostly reporting on the apparent abyss, new research suggests that the generational biases in those eyes may have arrived at erroneous conclusions.
Whiskey in a can?
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Some time ago, I chronicled how alcohol producers were bad citizens for producing alcopops like “Four Loco” and others that were so obviously aimed at underage drinkers.
The cyber times, they are changing
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In 2010, 60-percent of college associate degrees, 54-percent of bachelor’s degrees and 60-percent of master’s degrees were granted to women. 50-percent of medical degrees and 48-percent of law degrees were granted to women.
Alcohol Industry, Bad Citizens
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When the alcohol industry developed and marketed sugary sweet wine coolers with kid friendly flavors like bubble gum and Cherry Coke, they had young people in mind.
Veterans part of our national treasure
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Several recent measures indicate that the majority of American students don’t know who America opposed during World War II.
Finding Your Bliss
A very long time ago, when I was a boy, I spoke with my father about mean people and I attempted to discover why people are mean.
Prescription drugs a danger
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Every fourteen minutes, someone in America dies of a drug overdose.
Close relationships hurt sometimes
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Everyone has been hurt or disappointed at some point in his life and that hurt is often caused by the people that one is closest to.
Winning is Just Human Nature, or Is It?
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Anyone that has ever coached a youth sport may recall starting off with great idealism.