Last week and over the weekend, I noticed a so-called honoring of Veterans Day that seemed to be little more than disingenuous commercialized sports symbolism. I can't tell you how many times I heard the fraudulent cliché expressions that today's game was a war. Professional and collegiate athletes and organizations alike are fond of these ... [Continue Reading]
5 Things Every Child Should Know About Friends
Every parent at some time or another will encourage their child to make friends. When children attend a new school, join an athletic team or travel to a camp, parents without giving any thought to the significance of what a friend really is usher the directive “make some friends”. Do You Understand The Words…? http://youtu.be/-twUCEfzrDk Oh if ... [Continue Reading]
How the Miami Dolphins Bullying Incident Can Make Us Better
Unless you have been living under a rock the past day and a half, you have undoubtedly heard about the Miami Dolphins bullying incident. For those who have actually been living under a rock, the abbreviated backdrop is that the bullying incident didn't occur at a Miami elementary or high school rather it occurred at place where adults work. It ... [Continue Reading]
4 Plus Reasons Parents Should Let Children Watch More TV
I’m going to make a controversial yet revolutionary suggestion to parents about children and more TV. Are you ready? Parents, you and your child should watch more TV. That’s right I said it. Watch more TV. Really, I’m serious. I know most people would have you believe that Americans watch too much television. Oh no, not me though! Despite ... [Continue Reading]
Eight Things Great Parents Do: #5 – #8
In the previous post, I stated that I would tell you about eight things great parents do. In actuality, I only shared four of the things eight things great parents do. In this post, I will be sharing things five through eight. While I’m thinking about sharing, I just want to check to make sure that you were also in the mood to share and weren't ... [Continue Reading]
Eight Things Great Parents Do: #1 – #4
Today, I’m going to tell you about eight things great parents do. In actuality, great parents do more than eight things but the darn bots that run blogs – and have virtually taken over the world for that matter – insist on short articles with numbers. So I’m only going to obey the computerized masters of the universe and list eight things great ... [Continue Reading]
One Sure Fire Way To Keep Your Child Out Of Prison
If I told you that there was one sure-fire way to keep your baby out of prison, would you believe me? If I told you that there was one thing that any parent could do regardless of class, race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender or socio-economic standing to give your child a better chance than most children to avoid jail, would ... [Continue Reading]
Why You Should Avoid The Need For A Great Escape Plan
This weekend I watched a movie about someone who needed a great escape plan. Ironically, the movie was titled Escape Plan. Starring in “Escape Plan” were two of my favorite old school action stars, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. http://youtu.be/CI4EjV_x_PQ Don’t worry, I’m not going to tell you so much about the movie that you ... [Continue Reading]
Why Children Must Be Trained in Conflict Resolution
When you read the words trained in conflict resolution, I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that the first thing that came to your mind was teaching your children how to play well with other children. Well as much as I’m all for children learning how to share their toys and say please & thank you, when I refer to trained in conflict ... [Continue Reading]
How Bad Parenting Gives Birth to Inferior to Average Children – Part 2
In the previous post, I gave the first example of how bad parenting results in the growing number of children whose outcomes, results and behaviors are inferior to average. Today, I will share with you examples #2 and #3. I could give, many more examples but I trust my point is made loud and clear after three examples. I didn't imagine at the ... [Continue Reading]
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