Understanding How Teens Grieve-Blog Talk Radio
In this episode of Crosstalk, I have the privilege of interviewing Opelousas Catholic School Campus Minister, John Braham. In the past year the OC community has tragically lost three students in...
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Helping Youth Make Sense of Senseless Violence
Below is the Spreecast embedded from Monday nights discussion. As many teachers, youth ministers and catechists ramp up to begin another school year, you’re sure to face a question of fifty from young...
View ArticleWhy Teens Cut-And How You Can Help-Spreecast
Great conversation with youth ministers, parents, clergy, educators and teens about teen self-injurious behavior and how we can help. Fast forward the clip to 10:00 which is when we get started with...
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Ten Things Ministers, Teachers, Parents and Preachers can Learn from Dr....
Today at the gym, Dr. Oz’s show came on the wall-mounted TV right above my treadmill. The words “PANCREATIC CANCER: Early Detection and Prevention” flashed on the screen. In minutes there were about 15...
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Teens use “Aggravating” to express “Anger”
Many teens and young adults don’t (want to) see themselves as an angry or sad person and use the words “aggravating” and “stupid” to convey those emotions. Instead of asking teens “What are you...
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Boys Will be Boys
As today is the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, I thought this exchange which occurred a few weeks ago in Church between my oldest son Max (7) and me would be apropos: Max: “Daddy! You see dat bird...
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Everyone Else’s Parents…
…let them have an iPhone. …lets them drink. …lets them stay out till ____. …is letting them go to ___ party. …lets them drive their own car. …knows their kids smoke and don’t mind. …are so much cooler...
View ArticleWhen You Feel Like a Horrible Parent…
A few weeks ago I brought my boys to get a hair cut despite their Samsonite pleadings to spare them such inhumane torture and emasculation. As we waited, a 7 year old boy, receiving a hair cut was...
View ArticleRecreating the “Village” for Today’s Young People
It has always taken a “village” to raise young people and it always will. The needs of developing children are greater than any one family can provide. When I was growing up, we lived in the...
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Of Course You Can Change Other People, But…
“You cannot change others, only yourself.” This self help dictum is so widely accepted, to challenge its validity, feels tantamount to heresy. Well, this won’t be the first time I’m called one of...
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