It began just after New Year’s. My wife and I got a call from our adult son. He was extremely stressed and agitated and was in a real emotional distress. After talking with ...
by Jed Diamond
by Jed Diamond
It’s January and once again I begin thinking about losing weight. I keep track of my weight and keep losing and gaining the same 20 pounds. I eat pretty well, but I eat ...
by Jed Diamond
It’s good that sexual harassment and abuse are beginning to be taken seriously and I was looking forward to seeing what kinds of statements were being made at the Golden Globe Awards. I ...
by Jed Diamond
As you of you know, I’m writing my first memoir. It looks at how my father’s breakdown has had an impact on my life and how he and I learned to heal the ...
by Jed Diamond
My quest to understand what it meant to be a man began the day I dismantled my crib. I mean who wants to spend large portions of the day and night locked behind ...
by Jed Diamond
Sexual abuse and violence is out of the closet and we are beginning to talk about an issue that has long been hidden. One of the advantages of having a president who bragged ...
by Jed Diamond
I’ll admit it. I’m a feminist. I became one after reading Betty Friedan’s book, The Feminine Mystique in 1963. I still have my paperback copy with its $.75 price in the upper right ...
by Jed Diamond
When I was five years old, my father had, what was called at the time, “a nervous breakdown,” and was hospitalized. He never came home again and he and my Mom got a ...
by Jed Diamond
We continue to be shocked when we learn about another case of sexual abuse perpetrated by powerful men. The names of rich and powerful abusers are well known to us and include Bill ...
by Jed Diamond
More and more men are being recognized as sexual abusers and more and more women are coming out telling the truth about having been abused. We have gotten used to seeing rich and ...