The days and nights spent studying stuff you don’t care about are soul-destroying. Passion, identity, self-respect that is built from accomplishments that are meaningful — these are the building blocks of success. We need to take young people seriously. Radical…
Grades are an illusion. Passion and insight are reality. –Seth Godin We all want our teens to be happy. We all want our teens to be well educated and ready to approach life as young adults, successfully and meaningfully. However,…
How do you go backwards and repair damage from authoritative parenting to partnership based parenting? I think that at any point- when the parent shifts from control/authoritative to a partnership paradigm, a more positive relationship and healing from the past…
I just posted an article about 5 reasons to let your kids quit school, but I’m inspired by something I read yesterday by Erika Christakis —What the Pygmies Can Teach Us About Child Rearing, about using evolution to guide…
Updated September 14, 2020 You have an unhappy teen in school. Perhaps they’re more interested in non-academic subjects and just aren’t focused on schooling; perhaps the social scene is not a fit; perhaps they’re chomping at the bit to do…
Learn Your Way 