8 Fun Summer Ideas for Kids and Dads
My dad used the season of summer for fun bonding with me. In my elementary years, he would take me on sales call road trips…
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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…
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…
5 Bad Ways to Respond in a Crisis
We had some unforeseen, unprecedented weather in our area a few years ago. It was colder than it had ever been, and the homes in…
5 Tools for Fighting Well With Your Teen
I hate conflict. I have teenagers. So conflict’s going to happen, and parent teenager conflict can be especially trying. I remember years ago having an…
5 Things to Do When Your Kid Isn’t Making the Grade
When I entered my junior year of high school, I had a lot of optimism. Almost immediately, all of it disappeared. I played soccer, which…
Surround Yourself with People Who Hold You to a Higher Standard than You Hold Yourself
There’s some interesting research in social psychology explaining how most people form their peer groups. Especially as children and adolescents, but often as adults, people…