I love classical music. I love lots of different styles of music, actually. People who find my taste in music interesting are the ones who have whittled things down to minds that have a preference for right brain or left brain thinking. My left brain: it’s organized, methodical, standing in straight lines with all the laundry sorted, washed, […]
He said, “Raise your hand if you know a child. That child will have a shorter lifespan than you will have.” And Jamie Oliver didn’t blink an eye in making that bold statement because, by many standards: it is true. The average child who is alive today today will live fewer years than his parents. That is […]
Kiran Bir Sethi is the founder of the Riverside School, and she has made a habit of believing that children can do so much more than society allows them to do. As one whose life embodies the famous quote by Ghandi, “Be the change you wish to see in the world,” she has tested her […]
Steve Jobs was speaking at Stanford’s graduation about how to live before you die, and much of what he says rings true as we usher in a new year. He tells the soon-to-be graduates three stories from his own life to illustrate the importance of seeing and making connections. He argues that you can’t ever really connect the dots by looking […]
Swine flu has arrived in my household, and this I know for sure: I used to feel sympathy for the patients who contracted the virus and for the anxious families who couldn’t find a dose of vaccine for children who desperately needed it. Now, I can empathize. Flu is miserable, and my son is finally […]
I am watching the health care reform debate unfold in front of me, and today I found someone who explained it in a way that I could truly understand. The political machine means well. At least I hope it does. I had the opportunity to hear Marian Wright-Edleman, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund speak recently in Washington, […]