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Heartbreak in Texas

June 20, 2018 Leave a Comment

I admit, I’ve done the Texas two-step more than once, trying to decide whether I had the courage to address this issue – especially because it feels so personal to me. I have no interest in making a political statement during these polarized times, but I speak from my personal experience and from the heart. Despite reports of President Trump’s decision to halt the practice of having border enforcement agents separate thousands of refugee children from their parents, I remain concerned about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: children, immigrants, loss, separation, Texas

Mental Health Awareness Month

May 10, 2018 Leave a Comment

As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, I have spent the past few days reading recent articles about the state of mental health in America. Many of them focus on issues related to children and how we, as adults, can step up to provide support in addressing their problems. It got me to thinking about how far we’ve come in some ways. In looking back on my own life, when I was a young person, the conventional wisdom was that children did not experience depression. Sad, lonely or withdrawn were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: #CureStigma, children, cure stigma, depression, Labrinth, loss, Mental Health Awareness Month, music, NAMI

The Times They Are A-Changin’: How Music Inspires the Courage and Hope of a Rising Generation

March 8, 2018 Leave a Comment

Each generation comes to reject, in one form or another, the conventional rules for getting along in the world as defined by their forebears. America last experienced this rejection in the 1960s. Having lived during that time, I can tell you the process is profoundly unsettling, scary, invigorating and yet cleansing. Sometimes the upheaval is so powerful that it unleashes a torrent of new ideas that engulf an entire society, a deluge that creates swirling eddies and cuts new channels into our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: #metoo, #timesup, Bob Dylan, change, children, Education, minorities, protest, school, Time Times They Are A-Changin', women

Focusing on the Positive

January 11, 2018 Leave a Comment

The reptilian part of our human brains sometimes seems hardwired to focus on the negative.  Perhaps it’s an evolutionary quirk passed along from our forebears as a means of helping us survive a somewhat undesirable and frightening world. Or, perhaps we can only attribute it to the fault in our stars. In any event, from time to time, we encounter facts that seem to contradict the obsessive, pessimistic thoughts of our inner Eeyore. Nicholas Kristof’s recent piece in the New York Times, “Why … [Read more...]

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The Resilience of Children

August 31, 2017 Leave a Comment

As I continue to watch coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and ponder the long-term effects this life-changing event will have on the affected children, I am reminded of the many students I have worked with over the years. During my long career as a teacher, a school administrator and a university professor, I came across literally thousands of students from a broad swath of backgrounds and national origins, many of whom struggled with emotional issues induced by trauma. What I … [Read more...]

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February 15, 2019 Leave a Comment

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ALA 2018

June 26, 2018 By tyramanning Leave a Comment

Thank you to everyone who stopped by my book signing at the American Library Association's Annual … [Read More...]

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