by Admin | Feb 21, 2010 | Children, college, creativity, Generation E, high school, Parenting, Uncategorized, young adults
Every four years the Winter Olympics come around and I am hooked. I love the speed of downhill skiing and bobsled races. I cannot comprehend the luge and feel distraught at the death of the young Georgian on the first day of these 2010 games in springlike gorgeous...
by Admin | Feb 15, 2010 | Children, college, creativity, Generation E, high school, meditation, mind structure, Parenting, reconciliation, young adults
This weekend I had some discussion with a high-level member of an organization that focuses on reconciling differences between Israeli settlers and Israeli Arabs. Old feuds and resentments run deep. Who took whose land from whom? We can go back thousands of years...
by Admin | Feb 13, 2010 | Children, college, creativity, Generation E, high school, meditation, Parenting, young adults
Whatever it is we are waiting for let’s call it “the next step.” The next step to the high school of our dreams, the college we know is exactly right, the graduate school that will crown our academic life, the position we have prepared for years to...
by Admin | Oct 11, 2009 | Children, college, creativity, E-model, Generation E, high school, meditation, Parenting, young adults
Stress is pervasive in our lives. Therefore it is not a question of how to avoid stress, but rather how to deal with stress. Stress does not lessen as you grow older, it simply takes different forms. Here are two examples. The high school juniors I teach are stressed...
by Admin | Aug 31, 2009 | Children, college, creativity, E-model, Generation E, high school, Parenting, young adults
We are in that mode again. Either already back at school, or anticipating the change from the summer months to the academic year. This is true for students, teachers, parents and anyone who is involved in any way in the educational system. Come the inevitable cycling...
by Admin | Aug 9, 2009 | Children, college, creativity, E-model, Generation E, high school, meditation, Parenting, young adults
Many young people want to know about meditation. Nowadays meditation practice is more accessible and more acceptable than ever. In every corner of the United States, Europe, Asia, and many other parts of the world, yoga studios have sprung up and most of them offer...