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Rock, Paper, Scissors and the Intergenerational Transmission of Character

Well, you might be asking yourself what does the game Rock, Paper, Scissors have to do with the intergenerational transmission of character? What follows is a brief vignette and then insights gathered from my reflections afterward. A number of years ago, I was the training supervisor in charge of a school-based therapy program.  During a […]

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Sibling Rivalry: A Normal Crisis

“I lost my job the other day.  Well, it’s not that I lost my job, but when I got there, there was some other guy doing it.”    Comedian Bob “Bobcat” Goldthwait. This quote captures the common and normal experience of sibling rivalry; a difficulty of the older sibling.  It was his/her place, to be the

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