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The other day driving my daughter home from school, I see a new anonymous face holding a sign on the street asking for money. After wondering for a moment about what happened to the previous man, I began to judge him.
Is he really deserving of my $1.00?
Bullying seems to be part of everyone's life. In one week, I had the opportunity to discuss school bullying with 3 of my clients. One of them was a 45-year-old man was bullied at school because he had to "toughen up" at the age of four, when his father left home. Another one was a 13-year-old girl who was about to start 8th Grade with a 3rd Grade reading abilities and was convinced she was stupid. The third one was a 48-year-old woman who was told all her life she was stupid, never succeeded in her schooling and thought it was an obstacle to finding a job. All three of them described s
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from the desk of Chef Ann Cooper*
Do you have the courage to create new traditions for your family? Have you ever gone trick or treating INDOORS? As a mom I never expected Halloween to be a holiday I would have to RE-CREATE. Let me explain, below is part of a blog I wrote in 2008 that first describes how we celebrated a holiday we all enjoy, in a way that felt safe to our family and honored both of our daughters' needs and feelings:
