Everybody seems to have a built in radar system. There are lots of ways that we send out signals that other people detect and bounce back towards us. It is not just our words, but our tone of voice, posture and facial expressions that determine the quality of the echo that we get in return.

I just finished sharing a week in camp with a group of children who had an incarcerated parent.  During the first couple of days, I frequently heard a child's angry words to another child produce a loud...


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