Telling Stories Never Fails To Produce Good

Many Young Women Are Less Whole And Androgynous Than They Were At Age Ten. They Are More Appearance-conscious And Sex-conscious. They Are Quieter, More Fearful Of Holding Strong Opinions, More Careful What They Say And Less Honest. They Are More Likely To Second-guess Themselves And To Be Self-critical. They Are Bigger Worriers And More Effective People Pleasers. They Are Less Likely To Play Sports, Love Math And Science And Plan On Being President. They Hide Their Intelligence. Many Must Fight For Years To Regain All The Territory They Lost.

I Think History Is Inextricably Linked To Identity. If You Don't Know Your History, If You Don't Know Your Family, Who Are You?

When Europeans Arrived On This Continent, They Blew It With The Native Americans. They Plowed Over Them, Taking As Much As They Could Of Their Land And Valuables, And Respecting Almost Nothing About The Native Cultures. They Lost The Wisdom Of The Indigenous Peoples-wisdom About The Land And Connectedness To The Great Web Of Life...we Have Another Chance With All These Refugees. People Come Here Penniless But Not Cultureless. They Bring Us Gifts. We Can Synthesize The Best Of Our Traditions With The Best Of Theirs. We Can Teach And Learn From Each Other To Produce A Better America.

All Feelings Are Acceptable, But All Behavior Isn't.

Adolescence Is A Time When Children Are Supposed To Move Away From Parents Who Are Holding Firm And Protective Behind Them. When The Parents Disconnect, The Children Have No Base To Move Away From Or Return To. They Aren't Ready To Face The World Alone. With Divorce, Adolescents Feel Abandoned, And They Are Outraged At That Abandonment. They Are Angry At Both Parents For Letting Them Down. Often They Feel That Their Parents Broke The Rules And So Now They Can Too.