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It’s Time To Give Children The Ultimate Christmas Gift

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If you are like many parents, with Christmas only a week away, you are probably running around behaving like a combination of Santa Claus and the Federal Reserve Chair. Double checking our children’s gift wish list while simultaneously trying to make certain our checkbooks balance. There are a few other noteworthy certainties about the holiday ... [Continue Reading]

Tell Your Child That Adversity Is As American As Apple Pie

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The other evening, I had the great pleasure of participating in an advisory panel discussion with a group of Indiana University undergraduate students. No different from any other time that I am asked to speak to the “future”, I had an absolute blast learning from and sharing with the insightful students. Plus there was an added bonus for me, like ... [Continue Reading]

Every Child Needs Pep Talks From Their Cheerleader

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The older my son gets the more I realize that there are very few things that I can give him. As he matures, the need for my fatherly guidance and instruction dissipates. The realization that our children are growing increasingly independent is not always so easy to accept. As much as I would like to help my son and come to his aid whenever he ... [Continue Reading]

Will Your Young People Be Ready For The Revolution?

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Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of professionally dressed, intellectually competent and extremely respectful young people.  These young people, male and female, whom I am guessing ranged from the ages 18 to 25 were a far departure from the narrative routinely used to describe millennials. These young people were a part ... [Continue Reading]

Are You Raising An Unreasonable Child?

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Are you raising an unreasonable child? This is not a trick question. I don’t work for the Department of Child and Family Services. I’m not attempting to get you to make a confession that will implicate you and/or your child in some illegality. To my knowledge, and hopefully yours, your child hasn’t broken any laws. Instead, my goal is straight ... [Continue Reading]

How To Say I Love You Without Speaking One Word

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There are three words humans commonly use that are often as meaningful as they are trite. Those three words are I love you. Three words that mothers and fathers casually proffer to their children as they depart for work as if there mere utterance will make up for the parent's untimely and preoccupied return. Words too frequently extended out of ... [Continue Reading]

3 Inexpensive But Wickedly Cool Birthday Ideas

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I’m not sure if you were aware but today is a National Holiday. If you are working today, you need to check with your Human Resources department; your office is supposed to be closed. The expectation was that you would have the day off from work – celebrating and commemorating with me. He’s Not Lord Of Lords Today is the annual celebration of a ... [Continue Reading]

How Adults Can Learn About Success From Infant Development

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While watching my cousin’s daughter the other day several things crossed my mind. First, I realized that the expression time flies is so much more than your average utterance. Time flies is the unadulterated truth. Before you know it, yesterday is long-lost history and tomorrow is the day we never imagined in a million years. Seems Like Old ... [Continue Reading]

5 Ways GREAT Fathers Share A Universal Parenting Creed

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The time of year where American children have the opportunity to collectively celebrate fathers is only a few days away. Father’s Day, the third Sunday in June, is the National Holiday that commemorates fathers. More than celebrating fathers, Father’s Day is a referendum on the paternal unions existing between fathers and children and the societal ... [Continue Reading]