Our society has become a cesspool of sexualization and the minimization of sexualization. The aim of sexualization is typically the commercialization of product or trade. Sexualization goes beyond the borders of Hollywood and Bollywood. Sexualization ensues the very fabric of our human collective consciousness. It has become acceptable to see a young girl or boy [...]
“Too many of the young and jobless have given more thought to what brand of jeans to buy than their career plan,” writes Neil Sandell in an article entitled Career education lacking in Canada in the Atkinson Series on youth unemployment published in the Toronto Star. It’s not just youth who suffer from lack of [...]
The mind of a child is a precious thing. Parents frequently struggle with knowing when, why, and how to discuss sex and sexuality with their child. Parents may have a wide range of questions themselves pertaining to the timing, the nature, and appropriateness of such conversations. When is it appropriate to discuss sex and sexuality [...]
What is favoritism? Favoritism in simple, is the intentional or unintentional preferential treatment of an individual or group of persons. Parents who favor one child over another, are subscribing to the notion that one child is better behaved, more attractive, similar in personality to the favoring parent, or they have preferred kinship. Favoritism is commonly [...]
“If human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.” ~ Doug Coupland The Psychology of Halloween has long been debated because of the terror associated with the holiday. Halloween has indeed a twofold agenda: freighting and terrorizing, as well as, playful and fantasy. THE [...]
Bullying is in simple; hate or loathing of one’s self or life projected upon the life of another. Rarely have I had a patient / client who bullied that felt “good” about his/her bullying. If so, I found that this individual had such an unawareness of his/her own person that the “goodness” being experienced was [...]
“I have decided to stick to love…Hate is too great a burden to bear.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Webster’s Dictionary (2012) defines hate as an “intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury. It is an extreme dislike or antipathy (and in most cases, there is) an [...]
“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi Children who act out in an oppositional manner, are frequently drawing upon an internal struggle to oppose or reject something in their lives. Oppositional children are often blamed for their defiant behaviors, but are not always offered a [...]
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” ~ Thomas A. Edison Failure is good, failure is necessary, failure stimulates a desire for success. When an individual fails, we are instinctively and unconsciously prompted to discover a path to success. Successful people are inspired people; they are unwilling to accept [...]
If your kids are anything like mine, then “struggling” is not at ALL what they would describe as a gift: Lego, iPad apps, gum and sour keys, now we’re talking. Of course like so many things with parenting children, is the “gift” that truly emerges isn’t what they think it will be. For example, if [...]