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Monday, April 08, 2019
Social media and "us versus them"
I avoided Facebook and Twitter until 18 months ago. I had many reasons for not getting with the times, but mostly I just thought it was stupid. People posted about what they were doing every second of the day, pictures of their dogs, funny cat videos. And I figured if I... Continue Reading
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Celebrating 167 years
On January 22, we will celebrate Beech Brook’s 167th Birthday. That is very old indeed! In fact, according to the Western Reserve Historical Society, there are only18 Northeast Ohio organizations older than Beech Brook that are still operating. 1812 Rider’s Inn 1820 Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1825 Brown-Forward, Inc. 1826 Western Reserve University... Continue Reading
Friday, October 05, 2018
The alarming rates of sexual abuse may be only the tip of the iceberg
You can’t watch the news or read a paper these days without being bombarded with the sexual abuse allegations about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh or the sentencing of Bill Cosby. And that’s just the past few weeks. I have written several times recently about violence in our schools and communities,... Continue Reading
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Moving upstreeam
Imagine you’re standing on the edge of a river. Suddenly a flailing, drowning child comes floating by. Without thinking, you dive in, grab the child, and swim to shore. Before you can recover another child comes floating by. You dive in and rescue her as well. Then another child drifts into... Continue Reading
Monday, September 10, 2018
Mental health services are just one tool to address school shootings
Last week a school shooting occurred at Santa Fe High School in Texas. Ten people died and 13 others were wounded. The suspected shooter was a 17-year-old student at the school. The father says his son was a "good boy," and he believes bullying drove him to do it, although... Continue Reading
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