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Career Guidance for Young Teens

The Need for Early Guidance A few kids know from a very early age what they want to pursue as … More

Career, Education, Employment, Growing Up, High school, Maturing, Parenting, Skill, Student, Success

Social Development and Kids’ Activities

Social life. Social skills. Social anxiety. Social media. Social Security. She’s so social! When we think of the “social development” … More

Child, Community, Education, Family Life, Growing Up, Independence, Parenting, Relationship, Social development, Social skills, Socialization

Speak Your Kids Up

Here is a sneak peak at the book I am writing about parenting: Kids need to see and hear their … More

Communication, Family, Family Life, Growing Up, Kids, Language, Parenting, Relationship, Role Models

Embracing Parenting

Here is a sample from my latest project. It’s a chapter from my not-even-close-to-being-finished book. Feel free to give me … More

Adolescence, Child, Family, Growing Up, Home, Parent, Parenting, Preteens, Relationship, Role model, Role Models, Significance

From the Mouths of Babes

This from a 6th grade teacher who I respect a great deal: I teach a class titled Emerging Leaders, and … More

Adolescence, Child, Encouraging, Family, Family Life, Growing Up, Home, Kids, Love, Maturing, Parent, Parenting, Youth

Weak Language

  We often chastise young people for using “strong language,” but there is an equal or greater problem with kids, … More

Adolescence, Communication, Education, Growing Up, Immaturity, Kids, Language, Maturing, Parenting, Profanity

It’s Never Too Late to Reconnect With Your Child

I could tell that things weren’t right with me and my boy. He was avoiding me. I was annoyed with … More

Communication, Family Life, Maturing, Parenting

Parenting Digital Kids

Life Beyond the Screens If you ask most teens what item is their most prized, important possession, they will say … More

Addiction, Adolescence, Facebook, gadgets, gaming, Growing Up, internet, IPad, Kids, Media, Media consumption, most teens, Parent, Parenting, Pornography, Sexuality, Smartphone, social media, Technology, Teens

Mister Rogers

I’m a huge Fred Rogers fan, so I was skeptical when I heard about the video remix recently done about … More

Balance, Encouraging, Growing Up, Maturing, Parenting, Significance, Teacher

Protecting Kids From the Inside Out

Unlike consumer products, parenting comes without instructions or guarantees. We all want our children to grow up happy, healthy, successful, … More

Adolescence, Child discipline, Christianity, Communication, Education, Encouraging, Faith, Family, Family Life, God, Growing Up, Hard Work, Independence, Kids, Maturing, Parent, Parenting, Perfectionism, Role Models, Serving, Significance, Teacher, Work

Stop, Look, Listen

Our kids, no matter the age, need us to be with them, explaining what makes one thing beautiful and another … More

Child, Children Youth and Family, Communication, Education, Family, Growing Up, Home, Kids, Parent, Parenting, Relationship, Role Models, Significance, Teacher, Teaching

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

Growing Up Too Fast

Our culture tends to throw kids in the deep-end of the pool without teaching them how to swim. Kids are … More

Adolescence, Maturing, Media, Media consumption, Parenting, Preteens, Teens

Parenting With and Without Fear

Fear is universal.  Columnist Dave Barry writes, “All of us are born with a set of instinctive fears — of … More

Adolescence, Balance, Faith, Family Life, Fear, Growing Up, Kids, Maturing, Parenting, Relationship, Teens, Youth Sports

The Blessing

Most parents deeply love their children but do not express their love in the most effective ways.  For many children, … More

Growing Up, Love, Parenting, self-esteem

The Power of No (Part 3)

Young teenagers often “cross the line.” It’s inevitable, so it should not surprise us. Yet, we should not just acquiesce … More

Adolescence, Community, Consequences, Growing Up, Kids, Maturing, Parenting, Relationship, School, Teacher, Teens

The Power of No (Part 1)

Anthony Bourdain, is an American chef, author, and television personality. He is well-known as the host of the Travel Channel‘s … More

Adolescence, Family Life, Growing Up, Immaturity, Kids, Parenting, Thankfulness

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

Never Too Young for Compassion

Sometimes, a single, simple act of compassion can change the world for someone else.  As a middle school teacher, I … More

Beauty, Compassion, Encouraging, Love, Maturing, Parenting, Significance

Family Matters

Imagine two American families, living on the same street, both successful in pursuing the American dream. Their Christmas cards are … More

Community, Family Life, Growing Up, Kids, Maturing, Parenting, Relationship, Role Models, Sacrifices, Serving, Significance, Teens

How to Negotiate with Children

In a recent panel discussion about parenting on National Public Radio, “When No Means No” (11 minutes of audio), some … More

Adolescence, Communication, Consequences, discipline, Expectations, Growing Up, Kids, Modern Teenager, negotiating, Parental power, Parenting, Relationship

Creating Consumers or Citizens?

This article, “Reversing the Consumer Mindset” is well-worth reading.  More importantly, as a parent or grandparent, it is worth reflecting … More

Education, Parenting

The Wrong Kind of Pain

Generally speaking, children who face difficulties will grow up stronger in the long run.  They earn a host of other … More

Adolescence, Bullying, Growing Up, Loneliness, Maturing, Parenting, Relationship, Resiliency

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

Raising the Perfect Parent

Always Kiss Me Good Night: Instructions on Raising the Perfect Parent (compiled by J.S. Salt) is the best advice that … More

Adolescence, Education, Encouraging, Growing Up, Kids, Love, Parenting, Significance

Failure’s Top Ten List

1.  Not Everybody Gets A Trophy Somewhere along the line we became a society that preached instant gratification. Like a … More

Adolescence, Balance, Christianity, Coaching, Communication, Education, Failure, Growing Up, Hard Work, Independence, Kids, Maturing, Parenting, Perseverence, Significance, Sports, Teens, Work, Youth Sports

Prepare Them for Life

Protection and provision are not enough. “Here’s the paradox: If we protect our children too absolutely, we actually end up … More

Adolescence, Consequences, Education, Encouraging, Growing Up, Maturing, Parenting, Relationship, Resiliency, Role Models, Serving, Significance, Work

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

Avoiding a Mid-Life Crisis

If you are growing old well, then you are likely to help a child grow up well. 40 is not … More

Balance, Christianity, Coaching, Community, Friends, Growing Up, Independence, Maturing, Parenting, Relationship, Resiliency, Sacrifices, Significance, Success, Thankfulness

Father or Friend?

Father’s Day.  We give Dad something like a pocket knife or a round of golf.  We remind him that we … More

Adolescence, Maturing, Parenting, Relationship, Sacrifices, Significance

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