parenting
How we get in each other’s way without even knowing it
As I was eating breakfast this morning, I watched my son, Jake, drag the kitchen chair across our wooden floor from our dining table to the counter. “Stop dragging the [...]
Why it’s so hard to be patient when teaching our kids (or those close to us)
With schools closed in my area because of the COVID-19 pandemic, my wife and I suddenly find ourselves becoming ad-hoc teachers to our kids. Despite training and coaching others for [...]
A Parent Talks to a Child Before the First Game (Poem)
As I'm reading about the famous UCLA basketball coach John Wooden in Wooden: A lifetime of observations and reflections on and off the court, I stumbled across the inspiring poem [...]
Quiet by Susan Cain
(click on book cover for more details) Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain Published: January 2013 ISBN-10: 0307352153 EP Rating: [...]