Everyone experiences teenage mood swings – parents, grandparents, coaches, teachers, siblings, friends. The emotions of middle schoolers into high school often resemble a roller coaster. Sometimes they squeal with joy or get fired up at … Read More
Why GPA is overrated
It’s grade card time. Ask any HS student how the school year went, and they will, often, refer to their GPA. GRADES are their measure of success. And parents usually agree. Society has brainwashed us … Read More
Building “Tough-Minded Teens” starts with the Parent
I can recall walking down a fairway in about 1980, going to look for the golf ball I had hit somewhere into oblivion and looking over at my dad, who had just walked up and … Read More
Fight off Mental Weakness with Exercise
Lessons learned from giving mice cookies, swanky houses, and other things. Picture a swanky mouse house, fancy little igloo sleeping spaces, bright colors, nibble-able blocks, mirrors and seesaws. Then add food dusted with cinnamon and … Read More
3 Quick Lessons in Thinking Like a Champion from the Chicago Cubs
Talk about pressure. The Chicago Cubs had 108 years of pressure on their shoulders and just 4 days ago, as the Cleveland Indians took a 3-games-to-1 lead in the 2016 World Series, the Cub’s pressure … Read More