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Category Archives: grit, resilience

The BEST Family Idea in a LONG Time Just in Time for Thanksgiving!

November 19, 2021

In research done on kids and resilience, that is, the ability to overcome difficulty, researchers discovered an odd connection: Kids …

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Gottas and Wannas – How to Persist When We Don’t Want To

November 3, 2021

Some decades ago Marlo Thomas and her friends recorded an album to help children learn about discarding sexual stereotypes. NFL …

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Season(s) of Transition

August 10, 2021

It’s THAT season again…the Season of Transition. I’m not sure why we don’t give Transition more attention since it is …

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A Different Kind of Checklist

March 25, 2021

Lately I’ve spent a lot of thought and writing on chores…the how, the why, the when, the importance. An underlying …

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Teaching a Chicken to Play Baseball

March 20, 2021

We’ve been considering the benefits of having kids do chores. But what about the process? Let’s frame chores with the …

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How to We Help Kids LEARN Balance on Their Own?

February 26, 2021

In the last blog, we considered how parenting is like teaching a kid to ride a bike: lots of assistance …

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Some Things Have Changed But BALANCE Remains the Key

February 19, 2021

Maybe you remember teaching your kid to ride a bike. Many of us began with training wheels. The little guy …

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What Experts Can Help Your Teen Build Their “Tool Kits”?

December 14, 2020

(photo thanks to Daniel Ioanu, Unsplash) While teens need to learn how to create their own “tool kits” to overcome difficulties, …

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A Tool Kit for Life

December 5, 2020

When it comes to predicting our kids’ lives, we don’t really know that much. But one thing we DO know …

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What a Blessing

May 2, 2020

If you haven’t heard this dad/daughter duet, give yourself a treat RIGHT NOW! Youtube video If you have, maybe take …

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Kathleen Fischer

Kathleen is a popular speaker in corporate, church, and community settings as well as a sought after family/parenting coach for individuals and groups.

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