Being a Team Player
I’ve been getting a lot of calls lately about Adam LaRoche. He’s the former Chicago White Sox player who retired last week after being asked to limit the amount of time his 14-year-old son, Drake, was spending with the team.
There wasn’t…
Self-Respect - A Key Parenting Ingredient
Teaching our children respect for others starts with teaching them respect for us, and this can be done without sacrificing our children's individuality or personal development. First, we have to believe in the importance of our role as parents,…
Three Important Parenting Questions
As JoAnn and I began navigating the parenting waters, we found that, in the process of defining our values, we were also determining some basic rules for running the family ship "our way." These were our first three basic questions:
Is…
Please Participate in This Relationship Survey
Every relationship is different - and there are key elements in successful (and unsuccessful) marriages that I'm trying to identify for my next book. By taking Part 1 of this quick, ten-minute, survey you would be helping me identify some…
38 Years Later...What's the Marriage Secret?
Today my wife, JoAnn, and I are celebrating the thirty-eighth anniversary of our marriage. I’m not bragging… frankly, I’m amazed.
Everyone asks, “What’s the secret?” I'll attempt to explain in a moment.
Now that we have grown…