My friend Terry Matlen runs a website called Moms with ADD. She asked me to write an article that would help her readers effectively navigate the cyber world for their children. Although geared toward ADHDers, this article is useful to most parents. I am not a mother, but I might as well be. I run… Read more
A few colleagues of mine and I just finished putting on a week-long camp for boys, ages 8-11. Like most summer camps, we played our fair share of dodge ball, capture the flag, and soccer. We went to get ice cream, took adventure bike rides, and even engaged in some arts and crafts. We also… Read more
When I was ten years old, a group of outlaw bikers stopped for a few hours in my grandparents’ idyllic lake shore community: Port Sanilac, Michigan. Close to a hundred bikers, many with a female companion in tow, milled around the town on that Saturday afternoon, striking panic into passers-by. None of the terror-stricken townspeople… Read more