Amends and Healing the Heart

February 18, 2010

By Rita Argiros, Ph. D. Never Saying Sorry? When I was 13 the movie Love Story was in the theaters. The most famous phrase from the movie was, “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” At 13 my personality was prematurely cynical. And I thought that phrase stunk.  All these years, I never felt [...]

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CAFETY’s actions undermine their mission and threaten charter

February 12, 2010

Brian Lombrowski, president of CAFETY, revealed the duplicitous nature of his organization when he mailed a letter to thousands of residents in our area last fall. Agree or disagree with the mission to expand youth rights, we will always recognize the validity of organizations to champion causes.  This action of waging a smear campaign against [...]

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From the Comments: Turning Lives Around

February 9, 2010

Dear Rita, Thanks for addressing the many lies and distortions being propagated by the alleged Truth campaign. It is common knowledge that the campaign was started by a family member of mine who disagreed with my parental decision to enroll my daughters at the Family School. This family member has no children of her own, [...]

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Ripples

February 8, 2010

Image by itchys via Flickr An selected index for content from across our platforms… Satisfaction from Personal Growth Be open and you will hear what you need to hear Just Open Myself Up Old School and New School, Friends for Life Eternally Grateful The Most Amazing Gift Reunion with our beginnings The Administrative Beat Sincere [...]

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Distortion

February 7, 2010

By Kurt Hock Spectrum analysis really states that all things are possible. This does not have much to do with a right and positive decision, nor a wrong and negative decision at any particular moment in our lives. However, a particularly bad moral decision and a particularly good moral decision have as profound an affect [...]

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New Study Finds Increased Risks for Addiction

February 6, 2010

By Richard Reeve Much of the cutting edge brain science is sending a clear message:  brain damage is caused by adolescent drug use. This new study, focusing on the effects of ecstasy and cocaine use in adolescents continues to reinforce the message that drug use during the teenage years causes damage to the developing brain. [...]

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Fraudulent and Deceptive Tactics

February 1, 2010

Recently someone called our admissions office posing as a parent with a child in distress. They asked for a list of parents they might contact who would discuss their experiences with the school. We have quite an extensive list of references and we sent it thinking that we were helping a distressed family. We are [...]

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Trauma, the Brain, and Learning

January 30, 2010

By Richard Reeve How Schools Can Hurt and How They Can Help… A NATSAP Conference presentation by Hannah Mariotti and Sarah Wagner from Shortridge Academy in New Hampshire focused on the findings of neuroscience concerning trauma and explored how the general framework in American education can often times create a traumatic environment. Not only the [...]

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Listening, But Not Silent

January 29, 2010

(A response to a comment from Jen J.) By Rita Argiros, Ph.D. Thanks for expressing what I am sure many alumni are feeling and allowing me the opportunity to say that I 100% stand behind my earlier apologies for all outdated past practices and the harm that they caused. I also know that as we [...]

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Calling It What It Is

January 25, 2010

By Rita Argiros, Ph. D. I’ve decided to use blogging as a way to track my thinking and my feelings over the next several months. I already blog about dog training and I contribute to other Family Foundation School blogs and sometimes those blogs may be informed by my reaction to the smear campaign against [...]

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