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The Science of Evil and Empathy

July 30, 2011




The front page of today’s Globe and Mail jumped out at me. “Can science really explain evil?” the headline asked.  As an atheist and believer in the principles of attachment parenting, I was intrigued by both the question and the double-barreled definition of evil that accompanied it. evil [ee-vuhl] – adjective 1. morally wrong or [...]

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Night Owls

December 19, 2008




Some animals are nocturnal, but people are not. So Alicja e-mailed to ask me what she could do about her daughter that was waking up in the middle of the night and wanting to go out. Here are some excerpts from her story: We sleep together and we all enjoy it. Maya is nursing frequently [...]

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No Sinners in My House

November 10, 2008




We have made a careful and important decision to raise our children without religion. There are many many reasons for this, but I want to focus on one of them in my post today: sin. According to All About God: A definition of sin is doing what is wrong or not doing what is right [...]

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The Empathy Deficit (Blog Action Day)

October 15, 2008




The theme for this year’s Blog Action Day is poverty. Bloggers around the world are dedicating their posts today to this important topic. On the morning after the night before in Canadian politics and in the wake of the upcoming U.S. election, I think it is appropriate to talk about the Empathy Deficit in North [...]

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Emotional intelligence

June 25, 2008




Work and life are keeping me busy these days, so I don’t have a lot of time to blog. But while doing some reading for work on strategic leadership, I came across a list of characteristics of a strong leader. One of them, emotional intelligence, is something that I strive to teach my children. And apparently it [...]

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