‘Family’ Archives
One Talk Won’t Do It
A radio ad tells parents how important it is to talk to their children about drugs. In the conversation, a father timorously approaches his son, to have "the big drug talk," only to find that the boy already knows all about them. The father’s attempt is obviously too late. When Dad asks how the boy knows so much about drugs, he [...]
Those Inner Conflicts
I think I was in college when I realized that some of my inner conflicts - you know, those little arguments we carry on within ourselves - were the conflicts my parents had with each other. The Bud half of me would do something to embarrass or annoy the Esther half, and vice-versa, leaving me feeling I was wrong, no matter which "side" I [...]
