Like many parents with children at home, my wife and I have experienced a high level of anxiety over these past few months. The question we have been trying to answer is, “What will we do with the kids?” Their schools are closed; they need our constant attention; we both work. Hmmm. Trailing not too far behind that question was […]
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Read MoreThe other day, I was listening to the 1974 Harry Chapin song “Cat’s in the Cradle” and was struck by the theme—a father doesn’t have time to spend with his son during his son’s most important developmental years. Later, once the father is retired, his son returns the favor and avoids him. (Read the song’s poignant lyrics.) The theme […]
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Read MoreWhen asked what they most fear, being killed by a shark or dying in a traffic accident, most people reply that they are more afraid of the former. Let’s consider the numbers: according to CDC data, every year about 1.35 million people die worldwide in traffic accidents, or about 3,700 per day. In 2019, two people worldwide were killed […]
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Read MoreWe are in the middle of the worst public health crisis among teens and young adults in most of our lifetimes. COVID-19? No, actually. The pandemic has compounded a crisis that had already emerged before anyone had ever heard of the coronavirus. According to a Cigna study of over 10,000 American adults released in January, over three of every five Americans are […]
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Read MoreSince we have been spending most of our day indoors, we’ve had no choice but to face up to the reality of what our social lives had become before the pandemic. We finally have the time to reflect upon how the richness, regularity and connectedness of most of our friendships have taken a nosedive ever since the release […]
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