When the suicides happened in the most elite high school, Henry M. Gunn High School, an affluent community, also in the heart of Silicon Valley, the home of the most brilliant and successful inventors, invention and companies, it raises a red flag and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is conducting an investigation and trying to find out the root cause of the invisible, mysterious and contagious disease, suicide cluster. I was informed more than 10 years ago in Oregon that parents in Palo Alto have organized patrol teams around the Caltrain tracks but obviously the suicide symptom is not alleviated after a decade later. Continue reading
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#72 – BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT: EMBRACING YOUR LIFE TRANSITIONS – DR. TRUDY
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1
“Do we know of any (snowing) so silent and sudden a change?” Henry David Thoreau, 1858 Continue reading
#68 – REALITY VS. VIRTUAL REALITY RISKS IN GAMING – DR. TRUDY
PARENTAL REALITY
“My son was talented in math, science, and computer when he was in elementary school and received excellent grades but he has changed so much lately. His grades are falling, he does not wake up early to go to school, and he sticks to his computer/laptop/smart phone day and night. Eating, sleeping and hygiene are not important to him at all… What went wrong with my son? What have I done wrong in parenting? What can I do to help my son? …” Continue reading
#40 – REKINDLE YOUR VOCATIONAL ROMANCE – DR. TRUDY
There was an old Chinese saying, “the biggest fear in a man’s life is choosing the wrong profession; the biggest fear in a woman’s life is choosing the wrong husband.”
In the old days in the West or the East, women were deprived the opportunity of receiving education and job opportunities. With the high divorce rate in modern societies, women’s career choices are no longer limited by choosing a spouse. Under extremely demanding global economy and competition, both men and women are subject to tremendous demands for productivity, performance, and preeminent innovation in the workplace. Continue reading