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by Michael Parise | Jul 12, 2012
Discovering one’s life purpose sometimes involves a lot of playing around. One of the wonderful qualities my parents had was that they encouraged a wide range of playing for their children. When I said I wanted to be a doctor at age 6, they gave me a “play the...
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by Michael Parise | Jun 16, 2012
The vast majority of fathers in our country are excellent parents. Yet stereotypes about men and assumptions about their maleness are far too prejudicial in a number of areas regarding fathers and their children. Steven Van Valkenburg and Trudy Scheutt write on...
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by Michael Parise | Jun 14, 2012
The other day I went up to my friend Mark’s home. He and his roommate rent the second and attic floors of a nice early 20th century home in Boston. He’d let things go for a while and asked me to help him reorganize his space. It was not terribly difficult...
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by Michael Parise | Jun 10, 2012
I remember a time when the word “relationship” referred to a variety of connections a person might have with people, animals, objects and even institutions. It was a generic term. In the seventies, however, the word took on a very limited cast. It was used...
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by Michael Parise | Jun 7, 2012
When I was preparing couples for marriage I often got the feeling they “clicked” as a couple. Unless I observed a major issue of immaturity that needed to be addressed, I usually gave them the benefit of doubt if they seemed mismatched in some way. After all,...
