Quick Tip – Giving Advice That Will Actually Be Considered!
It’s very tricky to give advice to your child, especially if you want your advice followed! Sometimes it’s so obvious what our …
Quick Tip – Helping versus Leading
There comes a time when our energies should move away from helping our kids and move toward leading them, especially with homework. …
5 Ways To Make Homework Time More Productive
I still enjoy the old commercial from an office supply company where the father is gliding through the store with a happy …
I’m Anxious, Let Me Do It – Part 1
Although I have been traveling quite a bit this past year, I have rarely met anyone I know in airports. Yesterday, though, was …
I’m Anxious, Let Me Do It – Part 2
When I think of those parents and what they might be afraid of, it’s all about the future. I they pull back on their responsibility, they are afraid that their student will struggle in school; they are afraid that he will not do the work at all; they are afraid that he might fail. And ultimately, his parents are afraid that they have failed him, by not preparing him for life.