Oprah Winfrey, in her address to Harvard University graduates, as the Boston Globe reported a couple of weeks ago, called for each of them to develop their moral-emotional GPS. An excellent metaphor! I like the phrase 'global positioning system' because it references...

Once I recovered from my disappointment at reading the title, wishing I had used it first . . . smile . . . I very much enjoyed reading this new book and recommend it wholeheartedly. The take-away I find most compelling is that no one country's parenting practices are...

My sister wrote to me yesterday, mentioning a recent talk in Yellow Springs, Ohio, our hometown, by Lowell Monke. A quick search took me to Monke's article in a 2007 issue of Orion, an environmental magazine. I'll give you the link in a minute, but first: Monke...

Thanks to the organizers of this second annual conference of SAM - the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Alliance for Massachusetts - I have been involved in the planning process. And if the preparatory meetings are any indication, the conference will be an important...

This is all quite strange. The Boston Marathon bombings, four days ago, and now the city where I live, Cambridge, Mass. - - revealed as home to the perpetrators, one now dead and the other on the run - - locked down. All I know is that we are all in this together. We...

If you agree that parenting education should be on the agenda in discussions of education, health care and workforce development, please read and sign our petition bit.ly/XGkgUf . The February 25 USA Today published six letters responding to President Obama's proposal...

This has possibilities! A message from the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service mentions U.N. efforts to set development priorities for the year 2015 and beyond. You can make your voice heard on the issues here: http://www.myworld2015.org My choices were:...

This message from half way around the world came in response to our recent call for universal parenting education and makes me so happy!   "I read your article and I find it important.... I am a single parent of three... and find it difficult to cope.... I...

The most important responsibility any of us will ever have, raising children, and we receive next to no training? What's wrong with this picture? Part of the problem is the unfortunate stigma that keeps people who need help, even people who genuinely want help, from...

A touching interview with a parent at Sandy Hook, the father of triplets, 8 years old, reported by John Christoffersen and Pat Eaton-Robb for the Associated Press, ran today in the Boston Globe,. Asked about the re-opening of classes, the father admitted 'I'm nervous...