Around Town | Friday, January 18, 2019 | By Dan Veaner 
In its ongoing anti-bullying and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) initiative this year, Lansing School Superintendent Chris Pettograsso updated the Board of Education Monday on a series of 'community conversations' the district is hosting on topics related to bullying. Pettograsso said the first of the series was to be held yesterday.
"About a month ago we found out one of the barriers was that we are all coming with different levels of education around mental health, around what bullying means, around the dignity act," she said. "So we're providing a series of educational community conversations for the public. Starting on January 17th we will have a New York State Dignity Act and anti-bullying presentation by Don Budman. He gave the same presentation for our committee."
I had a great time taking photos of some of the exhibits at the Corning Museum of Glass.
Dear Margaret: I'm recently engaged to a woman with two small, pre-school children. I feel close to these boys and think they feel the same about me. The problem comes when it's time to discipline them. Neither of us believe in aggressive, physical discipline, just to take that off the table. However, if I even raise my voice when they are misbehaving it causes a rift between my fiancé and me. I think this is something that can get pretty tricky as our relationship and marriage progresses, but I don't know how to approach it without causing a heated argument.