Tag Archive for: parenting
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…
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…
In Defense of Participation Trophies
Let's not blame the trophies.
First, it's important to note that I'm not addressing the concept of "grade inflation" or the idea that every child in a given class is an honor student (as was eloquently written about by Michael Sigman in his…
The Evolving Dad
We’re evolving – all of us – and so is our world, or should I say “our worlds” as each of us is surrounded by our own experience.
As society has shifted away from the “good ‘ol days” (a “Madmen” episode filled with smoke…
How Sports Teach Us
This is a great time of year for sports. We’ve just seen a great French Open, Stanley Cup Final, and NBA Final.
Whether you’re an athlete or not, sports offer real opportunities to teach values, focus, and tenacity. As parents, even…
3 Simple Solutions to 3 Common Parenting Challenges
There are very few things that I find “absolute” in parenting. What works for one family may not work for another… except for the three strategies I am about to share with you. These primarily concern multi-child households. They worked…
The Power of Appreciation
I’ve lived long enough to see many of my divorced friends find new mates. It’s quite a relief actually – not because I think everybody needs to be a couple, but because their divorces have left scars that I’m happy to see healing.
In…
The High Cost of Bad Parenting
I believe that most parents are good parents. It’s my observation that a majority of our citizens are well-behaved, respectful, and law-abiding. But I also see a society that devotes an immense amount of energy and resources to deal with…