Author: Marja Brandon

  • July 11, 2025
    [Editor’s note: Our archives contain several years of excellent articles, most of which remain relevant and important to today’s young…
  • February 14, 2025
      [Editor’s note: Our archives contain several years of excellent articles, most of which remain relevant and important to today’s…
  • January 3, 2025
      I have a guilty pleasure. I watch reality television. I know, I know…and the only thing I can say…
  • September 20, 2024
      As parents, we spend a lot of our time worried about our children’s mental health. Is their self-esteem (how…
  • September 6, 2024
      Dear Marja, I sit here across from the TV, and I hear screaming, crying, yelling, grief. Gun violence at…
  • August 23, 2024
      [Editor’s note: Our archives contain several years of excellent articles, most of which remain relevant and important to today’s…
  • June 28, 2024
      [Editor’s note: Our archives contain several years of excellent articles, most of which remain relevant and important to today’s…
  • April 5, 2024
    There are those moments many of us experience as parents when parenting feels hard, even painful. Our children, our tweens…
  • February 23, 2024
    Your words have power…even beyond what you might already realize. Sure, we know a lot about tone, inflection, and volume, and…
  • January 19, 2024
    So every year I hear, see and read about people’s New Year resolutions toward self-improvement or toward a goal, for…