When your 3-year-old won’t get dressed in the morning or your 6-year-old refuses to eat anything but chicken nuggets, you may long for compliance. You want a child who cooperates, who listens to parental wisdom without endless arguing, who just does what you say, dang it. Because you want what’s best for your child and you know more … Read More...
Should I Wait for “The One”?
People who are looking for a relationship often wonder how they’ll know when they’ve found the perfect partner, The One of all the people in the world with whom … Read More...
Raising Decent Kids in the #MeToo Era
You’re trying to raise your kids to be good people. You want them to respect themselves and others. You want them to be responsible, including about relationships … Read More...
The Under-Appreciated Joys of Anticipation
We live in a world of immediate gratification. We want to watch the next episode now, we want our package delivered today, we get antsy if we have to wait in line … Read More...
Do You Want Your Kids to Learn from Porn?
Maybe you read the recent New York Times Magazine article about a program, nicknamed Porn Literacy, that aims to help teens think critically about what they see in pornography. If you haven’t read it, you should, especially if you’ve got kids over the age of 8. (More later on why I mention that age.) It […]
Honoring the Love in Your Life
This time of year, love is on people’s minds. You may be thinking a lot about your sweetie, or wishing you had a sweetie. But a romantic partner isn’t the only source of love in anyone’s life. This is a great season to reflect with gratitude on the love you’ve experienced, in every form. Over […]
“I Wish I’d Said That at the Time”
It happens all the time, right? Someone says something that throws you off guard, and in the moment you just can’t think … Read More...
When Your Body Language Says “No”
In the recent case involving Aziz Ansari, his date said she used “clear non-verbal clues” to indicate that she wasn’t … Read More...