Beyond the Cave
It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your front door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept …
When Attachment Hurts
I recently wrote an article for an adoption blog on attachment issues. While this article was meant for those who have children with complex trauma backgrounds, the theory of attachment …
Pixelated People
I’ve been walking the streets of the Capital over the past few days, enjoying a mini holiday. I’ve also been discovering this urban wonderland afresh through a 50 millimeter lens. …
How We Remember
If you were told to plan the ideal vacation with the caveat that you wouldn’t remember it afterwards, what would you plan? This question was posed by behavioral economist and …
On the Road with Jack Kerouac
Wednesday marked Jack Kerouac’s birthday. The prolific American novelist would have been 92 this week. An astute observer pointed out to me that this storytelling image, featured multiple places on …
Parenting in the Dark Zone: Part III
After laying the groundwork for limits with teens, we invariably land on this question: How do parents find a good approach to boundaries that honor both dependence and independence, …
Parenting in the Dark Zone: Part II
If you took a snapshot of the scene we would most often find between you and your teen, what would it be? Would you be yelling at each other? …
Parenting in the Dark Zone: Part 1
What Does Baseball Have to Do With Parenting? It’s a 60-foot journey from the pitcher’s mound to home plate. Once the ball is released from the pitcher’s hand, a batter …
A Brief and Almost Encounter
Act I: The Almost Encounter I almost met Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once. Picture O’Hare airport’s gift shop, filled with trinkets that resemble every other tourist trap except with “Chicago” branded …
11:59 PM
I burned my pizza to the stubborn consistency of a hockey puck the other night. I was so absorbed in an essay on writing (or, rather, absorbed in emerging self-exploration …