I suspect the term Helicopter Parents is not a new one for many of you. These are the “active” parents that accompany Generation Y and Z through much of their daily lives. While older generations would be mordified if their parent called their employer to ask why the manager had been so mean to their [...]
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Recently I was only partially engrossed in a classic movie, probably on Turner Classic Network, when an all-too-familiar statement came from the parental lead character – “If you don’t behave, I’m going to leave you in the car.” Flooding back to me came a litany of, well, threats from my childhood that today would, I’m sure, [...]
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For many of you, the weather in the Midwest in 2008 is not only a distant memory, it was a non-event. However, to anyone who has been struck by 100 or 500 year floods at any time in their lives, you can appreciate the plight of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A little more than one year [...]
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