Parents: Teach Kids How to Develop Resiliency

What does resilience mean, and why is it important to teach children this skill? Dictionary.com defines Resilience or resiliency as: noun ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyancy. ¹ the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity This short article will focus on the first definition. Years ago, it was […]

Parents: Kids, Joy & Prosperity

Joy must be developed from the inside.   —Alan Lokos What makes you happy? What gives you joy? Do you love writing, reading, spending time with your friends, designing landscapes, solving problems, building skyscrapers or new Lego designs? Are you aware of what your children’s joy comes from? Are they destined to be world-renowned journalists, novelists, […]

Kids and Responsibility

  “The price of greatness is responsibility.”- Winston Churchill Have you noticed that many of the great men and women throughout history came from humble beginnings? They developed an obsession to rise about their circumstances, and improve their lot in life. Each generation strives to give their children a better way of life than the […]

Raise Confident Kids

By Kathleen Boucher   This is the first article in a series of articles on raising confident children. Parenting is challenging. Sometimes parents get it right and sometimes they make mistakes. Most parents strive to raise kids who say no to drugs, bullying, lying, stealing, and behavior that mocks them and others. Parents rely on […]

Do You Teach Your Kids Responsibility?

By Kathleen Boucher   Parenting is not done in a straight line. Instead, it may take some dips and curves before newbies get it right. Parents rise to the challenge of knowing their children better than anyone. They attune to their needs, strengths, and weaknesses. Mothers and fathers strive to help their children grow strong […]

Is Teaching Kids About Work Ethic Important?

By Kathleen Boucher There is no single volume of child-rearing written that guides parents how to raise their children. Many times people resort to how they were taught. Parents garner what they liked about their upbringing and discard the things they disliked. What did your parents teach you about work ethic? Was it something that […]

Dare to Take a Risk!

By Kathleen Boucher Fortune sides with him who dares-Virgil   What are you afraid of? What steals your peace of mind; what keeps you up at night or gives you butterflies in the pit of your stomach? High up on the list is public speaking for most people. Statistically, it is along-side being afraid of […]