According to various studies* low self-esteem in children tends to be related to either physical punishment and/or withholding of love and affection by parents and only receive positive attention from authority figures (such as parents) when they act in a certain way. This reinforces to the child that they are only a person of value when they act a certain way (e.g....
Read MoreSchenectady New York, 1964 It was a real chore, going to Hebrew school after ‘regular school’, trying to learn just enough Hebrew to get by on the “Big Day” – the day we would become ‘men’. On this particular day, I was hanging out in the parking lot of Temple Beth Israel Hebrew School on Eastern Parkway, with a few fellow bar mitzvahs-in-training. We played stoop...
Read MoreFun means full mind/body involvement. Fun is the life force from which all action flows in performance. Fun frees the individual from the drudgery of drill, repetition, and stale ritual. It contains within it discipline, involvement and commitment to an action without judgment. It is doing for its own sake, thus giving the individual total freedom to act in...
Read MoreAll the rocks and highball glasses were clean and draining on the sink board behind my bar as five o’clock rolled around. Friday Happy Hour; it was two for one drinks and I was prepared for a rush. Me as an aspiring actor, fresh from New York 1972 I landed the job at the Spice of Life restaurant in the semi-rural township Burnt Hills New York after an abysmal failed...
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Is The Donald King of Accusia? Parallels with my book and why you can’t vote for a King. Our Onerous Choice for President. I’ve been watching with growing horror and rage the rise of Donald Trump who bears a striking resemblance to a character in my book, The King of Average. My hero, a boy who aspires to be the most average person who ever lived, encounters another...
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