Raking your way to maturity?
Recently I’ve been teaching about boys and the challenges they face these days as they try to launch into becoming …
Tag Archives: developing self confidence
Gottas and Wannas – How to Persist When We Don’t Want To
Some decades ago Marlo Thomas and her friends recorded an album to help children learn about discarding sexual stereotypes. NFL …
Building a Bridge Toward Young Adulthood: STOP Trying to Fix Things
Do you ever have times when you’re just trying to help but one of your kids blows up in your …
REAL Questions from REAL Parents – Meeting Someone: more than a handshake
Recently, a parent sent a question about how to help their teen feel less socially awkward when meeting new people. …
REAL Questions from REAL Parents: How in the world am I going to help my kid have a fun, productive summer WITHOUT boredom!!?
A couple of years ago a mom came to talk with me about how to “reclaim” her kids’ summer. It …
REAL Questions from REAL Parents: A Zillion Social Lessons…if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again?
In last week’s blog I offered a list of some REAL questions I’ve received from REAL parents. You may have …
A Different Kind of Checklist
Lately I’ve spent a lot of thought and writing on chores…the how, the why, the when, the importance. An underlying …
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 …
How’re they going to learn?
When I was a teenager, my older brother had a friend named Mike who hung around our house a lot…like …
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 …
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