January 14, 2025

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An Ounce of Prevention

We at Communities Confronting Substance Use & Addiction (CCSA) know what it means to impact kids’ lives in a very real way. After a recent

From Pain to Humility

David Brooks, in his bestselling book, The Road to Character, draws a sharp distinction between what he calls the résumé virtues – the achievements and

‘The Karpovsky Variations’

There is no denying that today, many families could be considered “dysfunctional” on some level. Can we find, though, a less judgmental adjective for those

How We Communicate

The Anger Addict Everyone gets angry occasionally; it is a basic human emotion that we express when we are faced with frustrations and emotional hurt

The Ethic of Love

I confess to a thrill every time I read these words: Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites.

Disrupting Our Grading Ecosystem

The Use of Grades Students today experience a greater sense of anxiety than ever before. Hundreds of articles, op-eds, and essays have been written describing