DINNER: A Key VALUES proposition!
Meredith, twelve years old, was chatting with her pal over snacks when Meredith’s mom overheard the girls using snarky voices …
Category Archives: building family connections
Never Underestimate the Power of the Dinner Table
In his book, The Second Mountain, David Brooks describes a weekly gathering in which he participates where a family opens …
A Case for FAMILY Dinners
You may not have thought about this before, but teens experience what public health folks call, “optional morbidity,” meaning that …
Teaching a Chicken to Play Baseball
We’ve been considering the benefits of having kids do chores. But what about the process? Let’s frame chores with the …
A Perspective on Chores and Entitlement
I’m so pleased to count Kay Wyma as my friend, though to be honest, everyone who meets her would make …
Some Things Have Changed But BALANCE Remains the Key
Maybe you remember teaching your kid to ride a bike. Many of us began with training wheels. The little guy …
Mrs. Mohrs . . .with gratitude
We all had one like her: she wore a little too much perfume, strong perfume; her cheeks were a little …
Stuffing In a Bit of Gratitude
I’m so grateful to live in a country whose tradition includes STOPPING everything and giving thanks. As one of my …
Conflict is Inevitable; Combat, Maybe NOT
In my line of work, I see a lot of family conflict and almost without exception, parents AND teens seem …
Never let a good crisis go to waste!
In my line of work coaching parents, teens and young adults, not a week goes by that a client doesn’t …
