“I thought my dad was a superhero…”
When I was a kid, I saw my dad as larger than life. He could do super-human things. Then I became a father, and I found myself light-years away from being a superhero. I had a lot to learn, some thanks to my wife(!), to raise young adults who can spread their wings,...
What are my superpowers?
My superpowers give me the courage to “go out on a limb.” When I was a kid, I wanted the powers I saw in comic books like super-strength and the ability to fly. As a father, I am discovering new superpowers that I had all along. The last few years, my life feels like...
Race to Somewhere
The 2010 documentary Race to Nowhere showed how the college rat race was stressing kids out, hurting them both emotionally and physically. Stress came from a lot of directions, sometimes with good intentions. They felt stress from school, from parents, from peers, and...