Jan 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Artificial Intelligence is here! Are you letting it demolish yours? The new sitcom FAM had a promo spot where a teenager, being told to do her math homework, says to her sister (and I’m paraphrasing here), “Why should I when I have this?” She points...
Sep 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
These are certainly divisive times. Everywhere you turn groups are lining up on opposites sides and attacking the other person or group. As I watch this on television or read the newspaper, or see it on social media like Facebook or Instagram, I see tension and...
Sep 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Robby Soave’s recent article in the Daily Beast: “College students need remedial classes in how to be adults”, stirs me to write this blog response. The article implies that our college kids are wimps that can’t handle real life. I’d like to suggest that this...
Aug 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
The first time I heard the phrase “bragplaining” was from a freshman college student at a prestigious college. We were working together to deal with the high levels of anxiety and stress she was experiencing. It had gotten so bad that she was considering dropping...
Jun 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Traveling on Rt 64 in Apex, NC, someone had placed a small sign in their yard with the word Hate in the ‘no’ symbol and then an = sign and the words Gun Violence in the ‘no’ symbol as well. As I drove by I thought, hmmm…..is that right? Or should it read No Hate = No...
Apr 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
The following article was written by Christa Gala, a columnist for the News and Observer. It talks about the Parent/Teen workshop held in spring 2015. Ann Kramer, a licensed professional counselor in Cary, started her college career studying social work, but soon...
