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3 Things Your Tween Wishes You Didn’t Do

  I have full faith in you and your parenting, yet I want to share what some tweens I met with wished were different.    1) Taking their phone away every time they mess up.  They feel it’s your...

Keeping Promises in the Time of Conflict

  Your adolescent is angry, and she directs it at you. Before school started last fall, you two agreed that submitting homework on time and holding specific grades in each class would earn her...

The Truth About Failing

  Failure sounds and feels like defeat and disappointment. Something that we didn't want to happen happened. Yet, its value lies in how we respond to it. I attended a concert where the singer kept...

Upgrade Your Summer to Easy

  Finally, we had a normal school year, and our hopes for a glorious summer soared. For it to go well, I recommend having a collaborative mindset and chatting about summer's expectations with the...

Mother’s Day Love to You

  I know you will enjoy the brunches, dinners, accolades, gifts, and flowers that honor you and your motherhood today. You deserve them for your selfless sacrifice and love. It’s lovely for you to...
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4 Approaches to Better Listening

4 Approaches to Better Listening Nothing feels as wonderful as when another human understands our perspective, experience, emotions, or dreams ...

Take Two: The Social Dilemma

Take-Two: The Social Dilemma With all that The Social Dilemma broadcasted, including platforms' backstories and the greed that preys on ...

The Horribly High Stakes of Social Media

The Social Dilemma is a Call to Action. I’m not an alarmist, but I want you to stream The Social ...

Practice Makes Progress

We all agree that no one wants to suffer or have their child suffer. We don't want bad things to ...

How to Ask the Right Questions

“How was your day?” “Fine.” “What did you learn today?” “Nothing.” “Are you finished with your science project?” “No.” Being ...

The On Ramp to Fall Semester 2020

Uncertainty’s lingered far longer than we expected. I, like you, want a giant slice of permanent normal. No sprinkles or ...

5 Simple Steps to Apologizing

A dad asked his daughter to give a handful of her M&Ms to her brother from the big bag she’d ...

Happy Father’s Day

“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me”  Jim Valvano Thank You ...

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