When you were a kid, what did you picture the future to look like? Would we be driving around flying cars and constantly visiting space? Well, that might not be far off front the truth. Dr. Andrew Maynard talks about fully automated cars coming to us soon: “In 2014, over 32,000 people were killed in […]

What’s the biggest dream or goal you’ve wanted to accomplish in your lifetime? Bart Williams had a dream to climb Mount Everest, and after a long, hard, grueling process of getting himself to the top, he made it. He says his thoughts at the summit: “Of course, I cried as I crossed the beautiful Cornice […]

Many parents, from day their children are born, worry about how they are going to pay for their children’s college. Money is usually set aside, but sometimes it’s not enough. Parents today are even putting retirement money away for their kids’ college years. Marty Allenbaugh says that route may not be as uncommon as you […]

So many daily events in our lives make us feel exhausted. Picking up after kids, going to and from work in the never-ending commute, and trying to balance everything else can wear you out. Dr. John Day, MD, tells us how we can get out of the day-to-day rut, and appreciate our lives a little […]

Some topics are really difficult to bring up when you talk to your kids- one of those is money. “Dad, what do you do for a living?” “Mom, are we rich?” These questions can leave us stumbling over our words when we try to give correct answers. John Christianson gives us tips on how to […]

When you watched the Vice Presidential Debates, what were your thoughts? Hunter Schwarz, a national political reporter, tuned in to tell us about what he thought about the VP nominees going head to head: “I really like the vice presidential debates because there’s only one, and it really gives viewers a glimpse into what’s going […]

In an address at the Vatican recently, Pope Francis spoke out strongly against what he called the “terrorism of gossip”. The Pope compared talking negatively about others to “tossing a gossip bomb and walking away.” He stated that gossiping distances communities and does not bring us together. So despite the latest research that shows that […]

Isn’t it crazy to think if you met someone new every day for the rest of your life, you wouldn’t even come close to meeting a fourth of the people in the world? There is so much to be learned from strangers, according to Kio Stark: “One of the most basic human needs is to […]

Ever seen or heard someone who sounded like a “helicopter parent”?  It’s all too easy to overshadow your kids with too much concern and too much help. Jessica Lahey says that when you back off, you’re giving your kids a chance to succeed or fail, which is the best thing you can do for them: […]

It’s so easy to want to do everything for our kids sometimes. We just want what’s best for them, right? According to Heather Johnson, constantly vouching for our kids can sabotage their success in school: “Sometimes we are so worried about what other people are going to think, that we don’t let kids make their […]