Lifestyle Youth

Are you a Grown-up?

Hello Table, you know I’m so happy to be back at the table. I promise I will make every effort to be more consistent with these discussions. My trip is over and now back to work. So I know the question is weird, so I’ll re-word it like this at what point are you considered a grown-up? By standards it would be when you’re 21 right? Well does that mean you’re grown or you’re older?…

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Lifestyle Youth

Bullying

Hi table, so glad to have everyone back. Well this topic has been circling around for a while and I didn’t see it as my problem, but I see that it is, as it should be for anyone who is a parent or witnesses bullying. I heard a news story recently that a 12-year old girl committed suicide due to bullying at a school. If this wasn’t bad enough, the news reporters interviewed several parents…

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History

The Experience

Hello Roundtable! Let me just say today was the day I realized that I have been disrespectful to my culture. That I have been disrespectful to my history as an African-American. Today my neighbor and I took our children to the African-American museum in D.C. and it was an experience. Before I tell you the story let me just say if you have not visited this museum you need to make plans to do so.…

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