Do You Have O.C.P.
"One of the
hardest things we must do sometimes is to be present to another person's pain
without trying to fix it, to simply stand respectfully at the edge of that
person's mystery and misery.” - Parker Palmer
All across America today there are after-school and weekend programs that are full of parents who are afflicted with O.C.P. This is what Jeff and I call the Overly Competitive Parent Syndrome. Many parents find it nearly impossible to let their kids experience any kind of hardship ...