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Eight Things Great Parents Do: #5 – #8

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

Why My Mom Says The Darkest Hour Is Always Just Before Dawn

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Whenever I had something that was worrying me as a child, teen and young man, which by the way according to my mom would probably be reported as having occurred often – my mother use to tell me that “the darkest hour is always just before dawn”.  As a young man going through the typical growing pains, trying to find my way as a man, I would seek ... [Continue Reading]

How Bad Parenting Gives Birth to Inferior to Average Children – Part 2

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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]

How Bad Parenting Gives Birth to Inferior to Average Children – Part 1

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Now I hope this doesn’t come as a surprise to you but bad parenting is demonstrated by behavior which is inferior to average. What might surprise you, however, is that I am not referring to the children who behave inferior to average. Rather, I’m referring to parenting which is inferior to average. There is a lot of parenting masquerading as ... [Continue Reading]

5 Strategies to Avoid a Wasted Youth

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To avoid a wasted youth, there are five things you should know. Before, I share those five things, I want to reveal what comes to my mind when I think of a wasted youth. When I hear a wasted youth, I am reminded of the quote by George Bernard Shaw – “youth is wasted on the young”. We all generally understand what the word “wasted” means but to ... [Continue Reading]