http://www.integralcompany.com/taxonomy/term/8/feed The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.integralcompany.com/blog/tom-goddard/teens-and-balancing-the-masculine-and-feminine-energies <p><img src="http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:qXyuR55ZYAT6ZM:www.healingtherapies.info/images/Yin__Yang.gif" border="0" width="100" height="96" align="right" />Monday I head for <a href="http://www.shalommountain.com/">Shalom Mountain</a>, 16-year-old son in tow, to drop him off for that retreat center&#39;s annual &quot;<a href="http://www.shalommountain.com/event/event-details.asp?idEvent=143&amp;referrer=calendar">Young Adult Shalom Retreat</a>&quot;. Later in the week he&#39;ll be joined by his 12-year-old brother as the week morphs into a &quot;<a href="http://www.shalommountain.com/event/event-details.asp?idEvent=160&amp;referrer=calendar">Teen Gathering</a>&quot;. This will be my elder son&#39;s third such retreat, my younger son&#39;s first. All three of us are very, very excited, because we know what a fabulous time they will have.</p><p>As I was reading this week&#39;s articles on health from the Washington Post, I came across an article that confirms my suspicions about what this annual trek to the Catskills means to my sons, and why it&#39;s so important. Sandra Boodman reports on a new book by psychologist Madeline Levine, &quot;<a href="/books">The Price of Privilege</a>&quot;, reporting that our culture-wide mania to have our children excel in all endeavors has created a generation of miserable, unhappy folk. <br /><br />Imagine that.<br /></p><br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.integralcompany.com/blog/tom-goddard/teens-and-balancing-the-masculine-and-feminine-energies">read more</a></p> http://www.integralcompany.com/blog/tom-goddard/teens-and-balancing-the-masculine-and-feminine-energies#comments Child Development Competition Energy Feminine Masculine Relationship Teens Types Sat, 05 Aug 2006 14:16:44 -0400 Tom Goddard 18 at http://www.integralcompany.com