[NOTE: This post is excerpted with permission from Smart Parenting for Smart Kids: Nurturing Your Child’s True Potential by Eileen Kennedy-Moore & Mark S. Lowenthal (Jossey-Bass/Wiley)] Potential is a ...
Elaine L. Jack’s words—“We cannot always lift the burden of one who is troubled, but we can lift her so she can bear it well”—speak to the sacred power of empathy and presence. Life brings burdens ...