One of my clients wrote a book on grandparenting. He’s a grandparenting activist, volunteering to set up grandparent programs at secular and religious schools across Chicagoland. At 88 he has several thousand followers on Facebook and Twitter and is an active blogger. For grandparents day in September, he ran a first person story from a…
Details“Behavior makes sense from the actor’s perspective or they wouldn’t do it. -Dr. Ellen Langer This quote rings a bell for me about how people can look at the same thing and see it totally differently… And how that is absolutely, positively wonderful, particularly in terms of teams and problem-solving for the world: The more…
DetailsLet me tell you, the embarrassment and shame of being thought of as a mom in the workplace, even when it’s self-inflicted, is awful! This started with anti-racism This all started in June when people were mean to Tim Nudd of Adweek (on Adweek’s AdFreak blog), someone whose writing I really enjoy and whom I…
DetailsAppleDoesNotFall.com is a first-hand, primary resource for historians, students, academics, anthropologists, genealogists, or anyone with interest in Soviet culture, Soviet Jewish immigration, families with roots in that part of the world and in this period of history, culture clash, and the implications for relations with Russia today. The author, Bena Shklyanoy, presented about the site and…
DetailsClick the image to read the article on Intercultural Conflict in Police Work. In addition to presenting with colleagues Elmer Dixon and Jessica Tevaga at the Midwest Security and Police Conference/Expo in August, we also collaborated to author an article in Command: The Official Publication of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, in The Imperative…
DetailsI was in an adorable dress at a dinner party with friends from Poland (all of these points are relevant) when someone asked about the bluish-green circle peaking above the zipper on my back. “I beat her” immediately offered my sweet husband (from Brazil), who never ceases to delight in implying USAmerican foolishness by…
DetailsBoost your Energy and Creativity! Learn, Do Something New before Summer Ends With kids home and vacations and nice weather beckoning outside windows, the end of summer may be a welcome hearkening to buckle down and get back to work. Why not take advantage of the “extra space” of summer to get out of your comfort…
DetailsThe St. Louis High School Question Meet anyone from St. Louis, anywhere in the world, and if you are from there too, within the first five minutes someone will say “so, I have to ask the St. Louis question…where did you go to High School?” It is our own private club. Only we do it.…
DetailsPhoto credit WBTW Channel 13/CBS How not knowing the culture and cultural arrogance tripped up Ryan Lochte Any Brazilian or anyone who has been to Brazil knew that Ryan Lochte and friends’ story couldn’t be true. 1. Because he said they didn’t take his cell phone. That would be the first thing taken, and 2.…
DetailsGrandma Studies Sports Page to Connect to Grandson We were sitting at the dinner table at Fitz’s in St. Louis last week. While my husband, son and I chatted at one end of the table, I overheard my mom getting a momentary-oh-so-cherished-one-on-one with her grandson, my 15 year old nephew, an avid St. Louis Blues hockey…
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