Sunday, June 10, 2007

A Guest Editorial

This is the link to an excellent essay in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Northwest Arkansas Times by my good friend Steve Straessle on the perils of raising teenagers nowadays. Though prompted by the accidental overdose of a neighbor's son, this issue has been much on his mind for some time and he and I have had many talks about this subject for the last year or so.

His thoughts on the issue are informed by both his experience as a father and as the Headmaster at Catholic High School for Boys here in Little Rock. Anyway, he offers many thoughtful suggestions about raising kids in his essay but his thesis can be boiled down to one word: Communication.

You don't have to be a parent to have a stake in this issue. Read this if you have a kid in your life even if it's just a neighbor. And pass this along to your friends or relatives who are parents. This essay is a good Father's Day present to the world from a man who has thought long and hard about a troubling subject that nobody really wants to talk about.

From a man who is just as worried about his own kids as you are about yours. Hit the link.

http://www.nwarktimes.com/adg/Perspective/192689/

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