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Why Are You Interrupting This?
You say that you don’t want them on screens. You say that you wish they could entertain themselves….
Are You Leaving Them These Debts?
Nobody wrote more beautifully about the history of conquest and adventure than Theodore Roosevelt. Nobody wrote more poetically…
Help Them Find Their Classroom
Claude Monet hated school. He hated being in the classroom. He hated being inside…even inside an art school….
Encourage This Habit in Them
We all want our kids to love learning. We want them to stay curious. We want them to…
Are You Making Exceptions (For Your Exceptional Kids)?
He didn’t have to. Certainly not back then, when teachers ruled with absolute and even violent authority. Yet…
Who Is Putting Who On A Schedule?
There are sleep schedules and nap schedules. There are school schedules and sports schedules. There is the nursing…
You Can Definitely Give Them This
Maybe you can’t afford what some of the other parents can buy for their kids. Maybe because of…
If You Don’t Do It, Who Will?
Maybe you don’t like it. Maybe you think it’s a bad idea. Maybe you’re scared for them. Maybe…
How to Get Them to Love Learning
It’s something that every parent worries about. We’re afraid they’re not learning enough. We’re concerned they’re falling behind. Is it the school? Is it us?…
Don’t Hurry Through This
We’re always in a rush. We have to get them ready for school. We have to get them off to bed. We have to get…
How Many Times Have You Told Yourself?
You know it. We all know it. We try to be conscious of this. Of how fast their childhood goes by. Of the need to…
Help Them Figure It Out
There’s a story that occurs constantly in the biographies of many creative and brilliant people. It goes something like this: As a kid they had…
As It Was in the Beginning is Now and Ever Shall Be
See if you can find it. See if you can find one point in history. See if there has ever been a time when kids…
There Are So Many Ways To Show Them
When we were kids, there was a distance. In our house, there was a reserve—perhaps emotions weren’t talked about. Perhaps vulnerability was thought to be…
You’re Not in This Bracket
It’s a dangerous world out there. Kids fall. Kids get hurt. Kids get sick. Things might be safer than they were in the past, but…
Teach Them To Deal With Difficult People Like This
Life is filled with difficult, frustrating people. It’s filled with people who will annoy and disappoint us. People who will fall short. Who will fail…
We Can Close the Distance
They seemed like they lived in their own world. They were so big, so strong. They were closed off to us. They were controlled by…
It’s About Them. It’s About Them.
Yeah, sure. We want to keep their clothes clean. We want them to get good grades. We want them to learn good behavior. We don’t…