Families MatterColumns on Family Life by Hollie Atkinson(Untitled)- September 17, 2004 TRAIN UP A CHILD September 18, 2004The Columbine incident and similar incidents in Arkansas, Kentucky and elsewhere have all of us asking, "What is with our children Where are we going wrong What can we do to keep this from happening again" As long as violence, carried out by children and adolescents, was confined to our inner cities, most of us were not overly distressed. I am sure we were thinking something like, "What else do you expect. Bring up a child in a crime, drug, violence infested...http://blogs.salon.com/0003213/2004/09/17.html#a53 (Untitled)- September 10, 2004 MATCHMAKER MATCHMAKER. . . Heather Stern operated a professional matchmaker service ten years ago. She considered her Chicago company an executive search firm. Hopeful brides and grooms were questioned regarding their job history, marital status, physical health, financial health, and personal habits. Stern and her staff then prepare a list of possible matches. Two years into her service she boasted of over 100 marriages without a single divorce. If she is still operating her search firm, I...http://blogs.salon.com/0003213/2004/09/10.html#a52 (Untitled)- September 9, 2004 ROOTS AND WINGS "Premarital Counseling for Parents" was the title of an article that caught my eye in a copy of "The Readers Digest." With partial tongue-in-cheek the author advised the mother of the groom, "Wear beige and keep your mouth shut." The article started me thinking. I have had a lot of couples come to me seeking counsel for their coming marriage, but I have never had a parent seek pre-marital counseling for the task of being an in-law or the parent of a married child. A wise man..http://blogs.salon.com/0003213/2004/09/08.html#a51 (Untitled)- September 3, 2004 GOD'S LABOR DAY This is Labor Day weekend. It has always seemed odd to me that when we celebrate the gift of work we do it by ceasing our labor. Actually, Labor Day was conceived in 1884, by Grover Cleveland as a day of honoring the working person in our country. We honor the working person by giving them a day off. Today, it seems to me that the day serves more as a closing bracket to summer for which Memorial Day is the beginning bracket. Nothing in our daily lives impacts the family more..http://blogs.salon.com/0003213/2004/09/03.html#a49 |