Category Archives: PARENTING
The Foundation of Confidence: Courage
We admire courage, don’t we? Think of some great movies where a hero puts it all on the line (and sometimes dies) for their cause. Examples include Lion King, Million Dollar Baby, The Dark Knight. Once we have this highly desirable trait, it changes everything … Read More…
Dating: Learnable Skills
I ran into a couple of lovely ladies the other night and we visited a variety of subjects as we toasted to a few tasty adult beverages. One such subject was teaching our children to date. I believe that all skills are … Read More…
Strong Children: The Response To Bullying
Back when I was in 7th grade, I was punched in the face by a guy in the neighborhood. It didn’t hurt, but this was my first experience with physical bullying. I was shell-shocked and didn’t know how to deal with the … Read More…
The Better Influence Against The Odds
“No man is an island, entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main.” John Donne c. 1624 Donne echoes the idea that individuals (unless forever isolated) come into contact with manifold influences, which alongside … Read More…
International Travel with Kids: Credo and Guidelines
Greetings from Paris, London, Rome, Sofia, Montreal, Beijing, Vienna, Nairobi, Sao Paolo, the world! Wish you were here! If you are anything like my husband and I — slightly rebellious and not willing to stay bogged down, just because we have had kids … Read More…
Through Children’s Eyes
I stood in the middle of our living room, a gaping backpack in one hand, brain spinning as my internal clock was ticking. “Where are the Bulgarian textbooks?” I asked with a hint of distress, but at no one in particular, and hoping against … Read More…