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Converse for understanding, not agreement
It’s election season and our country is as divided as ever. Each cycle, watching the candidates attack each other is like watching a good reality tv show. Critical messages insulting the opposition are more commonplace than ones that actually relate to the issues. Somehow, this has also become the way we communicate with each other.
Stop fighting with your teenager
It amazes me how often I hear that this is the hardest time to grow up as a teenager. The agreed upon culprit: social media. While I do think that growing up in a digital world adds novel challenges to the period of adolescence I’m amazed because, as far as I can tell, it’s always been tough to develop through the teen years.