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Raising Countercultural Kids in the United States of Addiction (Part 3 of 3)

The trends are not looking good for the mental and emotional health of young people, across all demographics. For instance, … More

Activities, Addiction, Adolescence, Education, Emotional health, Family, Family Life, Growing Up, Health, Independence, Kids, Mental health, Parent, Parenting, Preteens, Relationship, Teens, Wellness

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

Fun = Connection

Have Fun with Your Child ASAP Good parenting has an order of operations. Insides come first. A child should feel … More

Activities, Adolescence, Family, Family Life, Growing Up, Kids, Love, Parent, Parenting, Preteens, Relationship, Teens

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

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

Doodling

My wife, my 13 year old son, and I went to see The Taming of the Shrew outdoors last night … More

Activities, Adolescence, Art, Kids, Preteens

The Race to Nowhere

The Race to Nowhere is a film that will make you think deeply about what a good education looks like.  … More

Activities, Adolescence, Balance, Community, Education, Family Life, Growing Up, Hard Work, Parenting, Perfectionism, School, Significance, Success, Teens, Work

Fandango: How boys make friends

fandango  |fanˈda ng gō|  noun 1. a lively Spanish dance. 2. a foolish or useless act or thing. In May … More

Activities, Adolescence, Community, Friends, Friendship, Growing Up, Maturing, Relationship, Significance

Video Games

I grew up with the Atari 2600 video game system.  It was the cultural phenomenon of 1978, right along with … More

Activities, Adolescence, Education, Growing Up, Kids, Maturing, Media, Media consumption, Parenting, Rest, Technology, Teens

Youth Sports is a Means to a Greater End

Every parent of an athletic child wonders if their kid has a shot at the big time.  Well, let’s look … More

Activities, Adolescence, Balance, Education, Growing Up, Sports, Success, Youth Sports

Our Friend, Failure

I once heard a speaker named Dan Miller at an educator’s conference tell the audience about how he learned to … More

Activities, Adolescence, Encouraging, Failure, Hard Work, Perfectionism, Perseverence, Positive Attitude, Sacrifices, School, Sports, Success, Youth Sports

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

Career Guidance

Shaping Your Future Worker By: Ken Canfield Don’t you wonder – and worry – about your child’s future career path? … More

Activities, Career, Growing Up, Parenting, Work

Realistic Expectations for Life

Donald Miller’s book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years is quite good, but the end of chapter 29 is … More

Activities, Balance, Christianity, Growing Up, Maturing, Perfectionism, Resiliency, Thankfulness

Helicopter Parents

D.H. Lawrence, the literary giant, advised parents and teachers a century ago: “How to begin to educate a child. First … More

Activities, Adolescence, Balance, Education, Growing Up, Independence, Kids, Maturing, Parenting, Preteens, Rest, Teacher

Just Believe in Yourself

“Just believe in yourself, and you can achieve anything.” “Pursue your dream, and don’t let anyone tell you that you … More

Activities, Adolescence, Balance, Communication, Education, Growing Up, Hard Work, Independence, Kids, Maturing, Parenting, School, Success, Teacher, Teens

Time Management for Kids

As preteens enter the hallways of middle school for the first time, they often feel totally overwhelmed by the amount … More

Activities, Balance, Education, Growing Up, Independence, Kids, Maturing, Media consumption, Parenting, Success

Being a Good Loser in Youth Sports

After a weekend out of town at my son’s soccer tournament, I’m a little tired of hearing, “Did you win?”  … More

Activities, Adolescence, Growing Up, Maturing, Parenting, Resiliency, Youth Sports

Facebook Kids

The most common questions that parents have today are all related to Facebook, since every student wants full access and … More

Activities, Communication, Media, Media consumption, Parenting

Teenage Media Addiction

Children of the Screen As much as I like FaceBook and text messaging, I know that it needs to be … More

Activities, Communication, Community, Consequences, Loneliness, Media consumption, Preteens, Relationship, Teens

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