Hard-wired to Care: You Matter in the Moral Life of your Child!Current moral psychology research indicates that as parents we are our child’s first and most important teacher of the difference between good and evil, right and wrong. …
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I’m Not Scared, I’m EXCITED!Like many of you reading Lion’s Whiskers, both my kids started new schools this week. At my house, surprisingly little drama occurred in the days…
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Are You the Ant or the Grasshopper? And Which Are You Raising?A fable from Aesop that has seen a lot of play over the centuries is the Ant and the Grasshopper. The story extols the industrious…
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On a Journey“All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.” – Leo Tolstoy Lisa and…
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Children, Courage, and Adaptive CapacityThe committee defined an earthquake-resilient nation as “one in which its communities, through mitigation and predisaster preparation, develop the adaptive capacity to maintain important community…
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Ten Tips for Talking about Tough Stuff with KidsEvery family faces difficult discussions. Among the most difficult: separation and divorce, abuse, disasters, illness, death, sex, and adoption. My training in child development, family therapy,…
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Never Quit: Susan’s Story“No Matter What, Have Courage” ~ Elli Gloeckner My husband introduced Susan and I four years ago when we had just moved to Upstate New…
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Focus Locus Hocus Pocus!As a parent, I find that the more widely I read on subjects not related to parenting, the more I find ideas that give me…
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Hold Out Your Hand and Close Your Eyes!Firstly, “Happy Father’s Day!” to all our readers who are dads. Here’s a great quote to start your day: “My father gave me the greatest…
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What Goes Around, Comes Around!My two favorite moral commandments as a parent are as follows: As you point one finger at another, notice that three fingers are pointing back…
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