October 2017 archive

Surviving Middle School

Arizona State University published a study in 2016 that identified the most stressed out parents as those who have middle school aged children.  The findings surprised the researchers who had thought that infancy would naturally be the most stressful time of parenting.  What they discovered is that parents with middle school aged children are by […] Read more…

Stopping Workplace Sexual Harassment

My story about being sexually harassed is one of my funniest.  Of course, it’s been heavily edited and refined over the years.  Since my early twenties I’ve managed to whittle away all the scary anxiety-provoking parts until it was boiled down to something resembling a scene out of a nineteen-fifties comedy; slightly inappropriate yet humorous. […] Read more…