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7/24, Break The Cycle, Juvenile Delinquent No More

I’ve been offering my observations and suggestions to a Commission in my state of Connecticut USA concerning how to re-connect youth who are disconnected from school, engaging in risky, criminal and destructive behavior. Since this is a nation-wide and world-wide problem, I figured a blog was in order. This also coincides with re-directing my blogsContinue reading “7/24, Break The Cycle, Juvenile Delinquent No More”

Common Denominators

The phrase sends chills down my back with memories of math classes and phrases like “solve for X” However, in the world of politics and current events, the viability of our democracy is at stake if we do not learn the value of Common Denominators. What follows is a lesson not in math but ratherContinue reading “Common Denominators”

Changing Rooms

There are rooms where the POTENTIAL exists for permanent change for the better What follows is just a sample of such rooms The holding cell within the loss prevention office of a department store. Here sits the handcuffed shoplifting suspect. They come in all sorts of backgrounds. Some are: Angry and beligerent Tearful and remorsefulContinue reading “Changing Rooms”