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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

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

Thanksgiving Child

Kathryn was born on Thanksgiving weekend 11 years ago on an unforgettable day.  Due to the trauma of her birth, … More

Beauty, Growing Up, Relationship, Resiliency, Significance

Questions to Ask Kids

Kids want to be known, and not just by their parents (their #1 source of value).  They want their teachers, … More

Adolescence, Communication, Community, Encouraging, Friends, Growing Up, Loneliness, Relationship, Significance

Questions Kids Have But Don’t Ask

Here are some of the big questions kids (10-14) have, although they will rarely, if ever, vocalize them.  Understanding the … More

Beauty, Career, Christianity, Community, Faith, Friends, Growing Up, Immaturity, Kids, Maturing, Resiliency, Significance, Success

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

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

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

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

Loyalty and Love Personified

John Wooden, the most-successful and most-revered basketball coach of all time, is a role model for so many men — … More

Coaching, Love, Maturing, Parenting, Relationship, Role Models, Significance, Teacher, Youth Sports

Finding Significance

I’ve had the blues for a few weeks now.  It’s not a full-blown depression.  It’s just a nagging funk that … More

Balance, Christianity, Faith, Growing Up, Maturing, Parenting, Perfectionism, Relationship, Significance, Thankfulness

The Great Abigail Adams

John Adams was a man of tremendous intellect and inner strength.  With the aid of Thomas Jefferson and the other … More

Education, Parenting, Role Models, Sacrifices, Significance, Success

It’s a Wonderfully Difficult Life

  It’s a Wonderful Life strikes a chord — several chords — deep in my soul, every time I watch … More

Community, Education, Faith, Friends, Growing Up, Hard Work, Maturing, Perseverence, Relationship, Resiliency, Role Models, Serving, Significance, Success, Thankfulness

Two Extraordinary Young Men

This is a trailer for a terrific new documentary called “Sons of Lwala.” It is about two young men who … More

Education, Role Models, Significance

Kids Need Community

“No man is an island,” said John Donne, in reference to the ripple effect of the death of one man … More

Adolescence, Community, Education, Growing Up, Independence, Kids, Loneliness, Maturing, Parenting, Relationship, Resiliency, Role Models, Significance, Teacher, Teens

If (Rudyard Kipling)

. If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If … More

Adolescence, Education, Growing Up, Independence, Kids, Maturing, Significance, Success

The Empty Nest

My children are just entering adolescence, so it surprised me that I had such a visceral reaction to this article … More

Christianity, Parenting, Perseverence, Relationship, Significance

Real Men Drive Minivans

There comes a time in a man’s life when the favorite car gets traded in for a minivan.   It’s a … More

Parenting, Sacrifices, Serving, Significance

Embracing Interruption

Today was the first day of the school year, the day when the hallways of our middle school are jam-packed … More

Adolescence, Kids, Loneliness, Parenting, Relationship, Role Models, School, Serving, Significance, Teacher

Role Models

Charles Barkley, the great basketball player and television personality, once said at the height of his NBA career, “I’m not … More

Adolescence, Christianity, Communication, Encouraging, Growing Up, Kids, Relationship, Role Models, Significance, Teens

Success and Significance

Charles Schultz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip, had some words to say about success.  It starts with a … More

Christianity, Relationship, Significance, Success

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