How Do You Handle a Disrespectful Child?
How do you handle a disrespectful child? I’ve been asked that many times. And this is something we are dealing with in the Dungy house…
Category: Parenting
3 Mistakes Parents Make With Well-Behaved Kids
Sometimes, well-behaved kids get the short end of the stick. I saw it with my own eyes in a Walmart—a well-behaved kid getting penalized by…
Here’s a true story about cultivating a child’s imagination: Two children I know, ages 4 and 6, have two sets of generous grandparents. One side…
How to Help Kids Articulate Their Feelings
Have you ever talked to your kid and wanted to help him through something he’s struggling with but you found it seemingly impossible? Maybe he…
7 Activities for a Family Game Day
When I was in high school, UConn’s coach, Randy Edsall, came to see me. He told me beforehand that he wanted to time my 40-yard…
10 Ways to Keep Students Engaged in School
Seven-year-old May is curious, intelligent, and generous. She is full of life and gets along well with her friends. Kindergarten was a breeze, first grade…
8 Things Teenage Body Language Is Telling You
Some of the best times with my oldest daughter are spent around a deck of UNO cards or swapping foodie ideas while cooking together. She…
7 Surprisingly Easy Ways to Improve Your Child’s Behavior
The day included tears, angry words, and bad behavior from my child. But by nighttime, as I sat on his bed, the day’s events felt…
7 Opportunities You Miss to Connect With Your Teen Daily
I don’t know about you, but my days can get full. Between work, kids’ extra curricular activities, caring for our 1-year-old foster child, and just…
4 Times Most Dads Overreact
I stood in the kitchen scolding my 9-year-old son. I wanted him to understand the times we were living in and the value of money.…