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Raising Countercultural Kids in the United States of Addiction (Part 1)

In the late 1990s, author J.K. Rowling invented the term “muggle” as a derogative term for the normal people of … More

Adolescence, Anxiety, Community, Depression, Education, Family, Family Life, Friends, Growing Up, Kids, Loneliness, Maturing, Media, Media consumption, Mental health, Parent, Parenting, Significance, Success, Technology, Teens, The Good Life

3 Skills + 1 Passion

For young people to achieve success in their career, it is no longer enough to have a college degree. New … More

Education, Growing Up, Significance, Success, Work

Your Family. Your Culture.

The most common theme among parents of young teens lately is that they want to live differently than the culture. … More

Family, Family Life, Family values, Growing Up, Kids, Love, Maturing, Media, Parent, Parenting, Relationship, Success, Teens, Values

Peace in the Parenting Journey

Being a parent is overwhelming in mid-December, when everybody’s activities and pressures are multiplying. During the holidays, our expectation of … More

Children, Family, Family Life, Parent, Parenting, Perfectionism, Process, Raising Kids, Significance, Success

Connect + Guide + Enjoy = Good Parenting

You are never done parenting. There is never enough time, energy, money, or wisdom to do it all right. Parenting … More

Adolescence, Children, Encouraging, Family, Family Life, Growing Up, Kids, Love, Parent, Parenting, Relationship, Significance, Success, Teens

The Peril of Productionism

  My wife and I struggle with what I call productionism. It is a variation of perfectionism. It is the … More

Balance, Community, Family Life, Growing Up, Love, Parenting, Perfectionism, Productionism, Relationship, Significance, Success, Thankfulness

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

Storm Preparation

A Creeping Crisis Some crises develop gradually. Some are excruciatingly slow. Perhaps it is the approaching death of a parent … More

Anchor, Balance, Christianity, Community, Courage, Edward Mote, Encouraging, Family, Family Life, Friends, Growing Up, Independence, Jack Aubrey, Parenting, Relationship, Resiliency, Sacrifices, Significance, Strength, Success

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

I Wish You Failure

Once again, I offer an article from NPR’s This I Believe.  Jon Carroll started at the San Francisco Chronicle editing … More

Adolescence, Balance, Education, Growing Up, Hard Work, Perfectionism, Resiliency, Success, Work

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

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

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

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

Chess Builds Brains

Chess is one of the best educational games of all time.  Even the most casual player will admit that the … More

Adolescence, Chess, Education, Independence, Kids, Maturing, Scholastic Chess, School, Success

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

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

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

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

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

Well-Mannered Teen Rebels

With the decline of civility and manners in public life, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that so many young people lack … More

Communication, Education, Encouraging, Kids, Maturing, Role Models, Success

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

Slowing Down for Kids’ Sake

On the way home from soccer practice last night, my son asked if he could join a track and field … More

Adolescence, Balance, Independence, Kids, Parenting, Rest, Success

Training Up Independent Kids

Embracing Mistakes; Developing Problem-Solvers Thomas Edison believed that failure was not a bad thing; it merely directed him closer to … More

Adolescence, Communication, Consequences, Education, Encouraging, Growing Up, Hard Work, Independence, Kids, Maturing, Parenting, Perseverence, Preteens, Relationship, Resiliency, Success, Teacher

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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