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Take Your Kids Outdoors

Kids spend well over 40 HOURS per week in front of electronic screens, but less than 40 MINUTES per week … More

Activities, Adolescence, Education, Family Life, Growing Up, Kids, Media consumption, Nature, Nature deficit disorder, Outdoors, Parent, Parenting, Technology, Teens

Play Well This Summer!

Summer School. Summer Job. Summer Reading. Yes, parents need to keep kids mentally active and productive in the summer. Growing … More

Activities, Adolescence, Education, Family Life, Fun, Growing Up, Kids, Outdoors, Parenting, Teens, Youth Sports

Connect With Your Young Teen

First Connect, Then Guide The best parents are the ones who are deeply connected with their children and offer support … More

Activities, Adolescence, Balance, Book, Children, Communication, Education, Family, Family Life, Friends, Growing Up, Home, Independence, Kids, Love, Maturing, Parent, Parenting, Perseverence, Preteens, Relationship, Resiliency, Role Models, Significance, Sports, Success, Teenagers, Teens, Young Teens, Youth Sports

Prepare for Happiness

Lately, I have been pondering the question, “What are some things that I can do to put myself in a … More

Balance, Growing Up, Happiness, Health, Physical exercise, Role Models, Stress

Helping Your Teen Deal with a Sports Injury

So, your teenager is injured and is out for the rest of the season. Of course, his or her initial … More

Activities, Adolescence, Athletics, Family, Growing Up, Kids, Maturing, Parenting, Teens, Youth, Youth Sports

Introducing Kids to Nature

How to Turn Kids On To Nature I can’t tell you how many times one of my middle school students … More

Activities, Adolescence, Education, Growing Up, Independence, IPad, iPod, Last Child in the Woods, Media, Media consumption, Nature, Technology

The Nature Deficit

“I go into nature to be soothed and healed and to have my senses put in tune once more.”   –    … More

Nature, Nature deficit disorder

Raising Boys to be Real Men

Boys are misunderstood.  Too often, they are disciplined and shamed by their teachers, parents, or grandparents because it is falsely … More

Adolescence, Boy, Boys, Education, Emotion, Encouraging, Family, Friends, Growing Up, Health, Kids, Maturing, Men, Mental health, Parenting, Preteens, Relationship, Resiliency, Role Models, Significance, Teacher

Books for Boys

Finding a well-written, entertaining book for a boy who hates to read is always a challenge.   Woods Runner, by … More

Adolescence, Books, Family Life, Growing Up, Independence, Maturing, Reading, Resiliency, Sacrifices, Significance

The Value of Pain

As I walk through the halls after school, there is a barrage of faces along my path.  Some I know … More

Adolescence, Consequences, Education, Encouraging, Growing Up, Immaturity, Parenting, Perfectionism, Resiliency, Significance, Teens

Back to School – Sleep Needed

Today was the first day of school for me and my new students.  It was a truly exciting and exhausting … More

Adolescence, Education, Rest, Sleep

Healthy Adults, Healthy Kids

Being healthy as an adult will yield both direct and indirect benefits for the kids in your care.  Take care … More

Alcohol and Drugs, Balance, Community, Consequences, Health, Relationship

Get Out and Play!

Yesterday afternoon was a cold one – a great day to be inside with some hot chocolate.  The wind chill … More

Activities, Exercise, Outdoors

Beyond Beauty and Athletics

Athletic talent is instant karma for the social status of any young man.  In modern American mythology, the quarterback is … More

Beauty, Growing Up, Maturing, Media, Role Models, Sports, Success, Teens, Youth Sports

21st Century Beauty vs. Girls

Beauty is complicated.  I feel sorry for our girls who have to grow up in this modern American society which … More

Beauty, Media, Preteens

Avoiding Alcohol in Adolescence

The following is an excerpt from “A sobering time for parents” by SHEILA WAYMAN (printed in the Irish Times 9-01-09) … More

Adolescence, Alcohol and Drugs, Consequences, Immaturity, Parenting

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