Friday, April 27, 2018

How often do you rip into that new box of electronics and start using the item without reading the manual? Or your child’s new toy–putting it together without first reading the instructions. You find that it doesn’t work quite the way you expected it...

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Revenge is such a powerful motivator. Someone wrongs you, calls you names, insults your children, whatever the slight you have suffered and you can’t wait to get back at them. Sometimes that means you simply “unfriend” them or you bark at them, on...

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Yesterday, in a special session, the NH Legislature approved millions of dollars to support DCYF. That’s a good thing; the funds will help the agency in its efforts to help families and children currently in crisis. However, this money will do absolutely nothing...

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Wow, what a change, eh? Yesterday was gorgeous, wasn’t it? Gone is the snow, rain, cold and windy weather we’ve had, gone are the clouds and the feeling that we were stuck with this crummy weather indefinitely. What happened yesterday, as the sky cleared...

Monday, April 23, 2018

The kids are on vacation this week so you can breathe a sigh of relief: they might be less likely to be bullied or tempted by their peers to engage in less than healthy behavior. Kids need all the help they can get these days, growing up in an increasingly dark world....

Sunday, April 22, 2018

“Remember, today is the first day of the rest of your life.” That’s a curious bit of wisdom; for some an uplifting message of promise, while for others a reminder of the daily drudgery that they face. After all, if it’s the first day of the...