Teaching Your Kids How to Have Hard Conversations
If we want our kids to become stable, healthy, well-adjusted adults, we need to do a good job of teaching them to have hard conversations…
Category: Parenting
5 Decisions That’ll Change Your Life
Theodore Roosevelt was on his way to deliver a campaign speech on October 14, 1912 when, according to History.com, a man by the name of…
How to Raise Happy Kids: 3 Surprising Things That Steal Their Joy
We all want to know how to raise happy kids. We work long hours to make more money so they can do all (or at…
How to Deal With Parental Alienation
By far, one of the greatest hardships a parent could ever undergo is to be alienated from his or her children. Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS),…
Why Are Teen Girls Struggling With THIS More Than Boys?
There are some recurring statements I’ve been hearing from parents lately when talking about their daughters. “She can’t handle any more.” “We’re working on her…
3 Times Your Kids Need Brutal Honesty
On the way to the flea market, my daughter, Ariel, shared an “incredible” job opportunity she had been offered by a vendor there. I was…
Keeping It Weird: 5 Weird Things to Do With Your Kids
How many times have you found yourself suggesting something to your kids only to have them tell you your suggestion is weird? Probably a half…
5 Things Teens Shouldn’t Fear but Should Respect
My son measured, marked, and slid the wood into place in the miter saw. As he leaned forward and pulled the trigger handle, he recoiled…
3 Signs You’ll Die a Successful Man
We all have a picture in mind of what it looks like to “arrive” or ways we gauge when someone has “made it” in life.…
5 Great Questions to Ask Your Kids Every Week
As a coach, I always drove home the point that if we communicated well as a team, we’d put ourselves in the best position to…