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Austin Prep Secondary School Fair Flyer
September 11, 2013 By
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The Circle of Virtues: How to Cultivate Character Your Child
September 9, 2013 By
We all want our children to be moral. However, in a society made up of so many different groups of people, who gets to define what is moral? Whose morality? Whose values? At first blush, this seems like a difficult question. That is because there really is diversity when it comes to values and virtues. People and social groups differ. And we need to find ways to respect these differences. But this is where the conversation should start, not where it should end. The mere fact that we … [Read more...]
Sense or Nonsense? “Mothers should have immediate contact with their newborns in order to bond with them.”
September 7, 2013 By
The parent-child relationship is the child's first social relationship. It is an important one. A child's first important relationship with his or her mother starts to develop even before birth. So, is immediate contact with a newborn necessary in order for a mother and child to develop a life long bond? There was a movement in the 60's and 70's in which people believed in a biological process that they called "bonding". Bonding was meant to be a strong, biologically-based emotional … [Read more...]
Current Issue: September, 2013
September 5, 2013 By
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“I’m Relaxed, Laid Back, and Without a Care in the World!” (You say that is if it were a good thing…)
September 5, 2013 By
By Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D. Several years ago, I had the opportunity to conduct research in India. My research compared the sense of self among American and Indian adolescents. I asked adolescents to describe how they experienced themselves in relationships with different people. I also asked them to describe how they experienced themselves when they were “just being me”. The results were illuminating. I had always been told that adolescents and adults in Asia thought of themselves in … [Read more...]
How to be Happy
September 5, 2013 By
If you ask people what they strive for in life, many people will say that they wish to be happy. Of course, this makes good sense. But what do we mean by happiness? And how can we attain it? The answers to these questions are not so clear. So we want to be happy. How can we make this happen? One way to live a happy life is by continuously asking ourselves what I like to call “The Most Important Question”. What is that question? “Is what I am doing good?” This is an easy … [Read more...]
Find the Good in Each Moment
September 5, 2013 By
So, if happiness means finding that which is good in life, how can this be done? What if things aren’t so good right now? Does that mean I must resign myself to unhappiness? How do I know what is good? Does this mean that I always have to be trying to “do good”? Does it meant that I can’t seek pleasure, and that I have to sacrifice myself for others? Not in the least. Here are three basic ways to cultivate that which is good in life. 1. Find what is good in the present … [Read more...]
Imagine Growing Up Straight in a Gay World
September 3, 2013 By
photo, ©2006, Christopher James Hughes by Michael F. Mascolo, Ph.D. If you are straight, imagine a different world. An upside down, topsy-turvy world. In this world, 90% of the people in the world are gay, lesbian or transgender; the remaining ten percent are heterosexual. So, you’re are kid raised by two gay men or by two lesbian women. Everything around you is designed for gay people and transgender people. Like the dead people in The Sixth Sense, the gay people don’t even know … [Read more...]
The Bittersweet March into September
August 30, 2013 By
by Michelle X. Curran The other day I was on the phone with my mother. My husband was out and I had just given my toddler a bath. She was standing in her bedroom, a towel draped around her little shoulders, her gorgeous, curly hair dripping water onto the rug. She was giggling and wiggling away from me as I tried to wrestle a diaper onto her bare bottom, her pudgy feet moving in place as I hugged her close around her belly, breathing in her freshly-washed baby skin. My two boys were … [Read more...]
