Our Lives Through Music
I watched girls last night at a high school musical review belt out tunes from the 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s that were sung by women artists in those eras , and it brought back a
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A Vacation Clark Griswold Would Be Proud Of
The mere thought of a week of summer vacation with the kiddos can bring a myriad of feelings: excitement, angst, anticipation, or even trepidation. The expectation of thrilling roller coaster rides and relaxing beaches gets
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Prom Night: Let’s Hear It For The Boys!
I have heard from many worried parents lately about the hazards of prom night for their girls, and I was interviewed on the CBS affiliate TV news show Great Day St. Louis today about
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Are Great-Grandparents Going Extinct?
I am afraid that great-grandparents are going the way of the dinosaur, which is a shame. Kids are going to miss out on a lot of family history and heritage. Why do I say this?
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What Buddha Can Teach Us About Reacting To Racial Slurs?
Can we all please grow up past the sandbox stage and stop both the name-calling and the over-reactions to words? Please? Marcus Smart, a college basketball player, recently brought this issue to the forefront once
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How Far Have We Come? Ask the Beatles
We use to burn Beatle’s albums! Really, we did. Love, love me do, She loves you ya ya ya, All you need is love…did we actually create bonfires and throw songs like these onto the
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Childhood is Not a Race
Parents need a major adjustment in what they focus on. Because are kids are suffering way too much stress these days, and it will haunt them into the future. Here’s why. Sophie, 14, a straight
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I Hate Zero-Tolerance Policies For Children
Julia(not her real name), is a 6th grade girl who was caught bringing a knife to school in her backpack. The initial knee-jerk reaction in most school districts with their zero-tolerance policies would be to
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5 Gifts Your Kids Won’t Find Under the Tree
While the shopping frenzy has died down a bit, I thought I would give you some gift ideas for your children that you won’t find at the mall. But they are infinitely more valuable than
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Learned Hopelessness
I feel so sorry for kids in failing urban school districts; because in a sense they are doomed. This point was brought even further home by an article I read recently written by a woman
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The Origin of Original Thought
My wife and I had our six best friends over for dinner last night, and we got into an interesting discussion about the value of original thought. Our concern was that kids today are not
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What To Do With The N-Word???
Booker T. Washington struggled against deep-seated prejudice to establish his Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. One day, as he passed the mansion of a wealthy women to whom he was just another black, he heard her
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2 Myths That Hinder Parents
If you want to be an important influence in the lives of your children, it pays to not operate out of false principles. Here are 2 ‘myths’ that I have found that underlie many people’s
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Humiliating Bullies? Shame on You!
What to do with bullies? A recent article in the Huff Post Parents, read the whole story on the Huffington Post, reports on a dad who publicly shamed his son as a punishment for bullying kids
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Things Your Kids Won’t Tell You
My parents are setting me up to fail in college! The best predictors for success in college are having high levels of grit, hope, optimism, and self-efficacy. Too many parents rescue their kids, solve their
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The Juciest Fruits Are Found on the Skinniest Limbs!
Along with a lot of other people, I was saddened by an article in the Huff Post Parents, read the whole story on Huffington Post, which reported on a middle school in Long Island which has
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The Truth About Sexting and Online Postings
You are not doing an adequate job of educating your kids and teens about online ethics, civility, dangers, and integrity. Let’s stop blaming Ask.fm,Facebook, Instagram, and cell phones for cyberbullying and sexting, and instead raise
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The world is a safe place
I was just interviewed by a local TV station about an attempted abduction of a high school girl. The knee-jerk reaction is to start ranting about how dangerous it is today, and therefore we should
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The Miley Cyrus Culture
I am soooo glad people like Miley do what they do, because they provide continuous opportunities for parents to talk to and listen to their children. Don’t fret and don’t judge, just listen, watch, and
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Allowing Teens to Have Sex in Your Home
Henry Alford, are you out of your mind?!? His article in the New York Times entitled: Sex in a Teenagers Room? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/fashion/sex-in-a-teenagers-room.html basically gives carte blanche to teens to have sex in their bedrooms with or
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