Archive for March 30, 2018

Last Saturday’s “March For Our Lives” rally in Washington, and in cities across the country and around the world, offered a stark counterpoint to the negative narrative that so routinely surrounds the youth of today. In fact, it more accurately calibrated the promise of rising generations to create positive change — in their schools, in…

Theodore Roosevelt reportedly said, “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” While Teddy was likely speaking of deciding issues far weightier than what to do with high school students during…

Much attention has been paid of late to the trials and tribulations faced by many young people managing the transition from high school to college. And with good reason. A survey(link is external) of first-year college students conducted by The Jed Foundation(link is external), Partnership for Drug-Free Kids(link is external) and the Jordan Porco Foundation(link is external) revealed that the majority of…

Just more than five years after the surprising death by suicide of University of Pennsylvania first-year student Madison Holleran, I traveled to Philadelphia to address family doctors on the epidemic that her demise reflects. I told them about Madison, shared the publication of her story by her parents (who wanted to create greater awareness) and…