Your world (today) isn’t even remotely close to the world I lived in when I was parenting back in the 80s and 90s. I’m not saying there weren’t school shootings and bullies to deal with, but it wasn’t, like, IN YOUR FACE EVERY SINGLE SECOND OF THE DAY, NO MATTER WHERE YOU LOOKED! AAAAAHHHHHH! I …
The World is Safer Today than When You Were a Kid—Yes, Really!
Nearly 90 percent of adults say they feel less safe than when they were growing up, even though today’s crime rates are at a level not seen since the early 1960s! So, if crime rates in the US and the world in general have gone down so dramatically, why do we remain convinced that our …
The Awful, Horrible, Maybe Not Quite as Terrifying as You Thought Facts
When writing my book, Badass Parenting, I struggled mightily with how to present the facts about childhood danger without scaring you so badly that you’d put the book down and never touch it again. It’s hard to discuss subjects as harrowing as sexual abuse, bullying, and abduction without dragging you and your child into a …
Surviving Turkey Day: How to Rise Above the Family Drama & Enjoy a Peaceful Thanksgiving
People are making themselves literally sick over politics and current events, with folks from all sides spewing toxic emotional content and blaming each other. This is hard enough to deal with on an average day, but at Thanksgiving, a time to feel grateful for all the bounty in our lives, it can be especially distressing …
How to Create World Peace
World peace begins with inner peace. Your greatest impact on others and the world will only come when you have looked deeply inside and made peace with what you find there. But what if what you find makes you squirm? What if you hate what you find? The answer is love; it is always love. …