What to do when children fight: Five Guidelines

Parents usually fail to intervene in escalated sibling conflict, according to a study recently published in “Developmental Psychology,” even though they think they should intervene. And this lack of parental action often results in life-long psychological problems, often severe, especially for the younger children who were victimized.
Here’s how parents can help:

AVOID TAKING SIDES, because it [...]

The essence of leadership

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership. – John Kenneth Galbraith

Marriage and Divorce

One was never married, and that’s his hell; another is, and that’s his plague. – Robert Burton
Getting divorced just because you don’t love a man is almost as silly as getting married just because you do. – Zsa Zsa Gabor

Do We Care Who?

When they came for the Jews, I did nothing, for I am not a Jew. When they came for the Socialists, I did nothing, for I am not a Socialist. When they came for the labor leaders, the homosexuals, the gypsies, I did nothing, for I am none of these, and when they came for [...]

Random Quotes #02

Whatever you can do, or dream you can begin it.  Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. – Goethe
Involvement with people is always a very delicate thing – it requires real maturity to become involved and not get all messed up. – Bernard Cooke
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more [...]