Why Your Teen or Millennial Will Crash and Burn.
One of the defining characteristics of Millennials and Gen Z is said to be meaning and purpose. They are driven by a quest to live, work and experience meaning and purpose. When they don’t find a reason for life or what drives them, they are likely to crash and burn. Corporations and higher education focus on using them to attract and engage students and new talent. But there is a big problem. The problem is that though they are said to be defined by meaning and purpose they
Please Somebody See Me!
Maybe the greatest pain or source of pain I have seen in the children of wealthy families in the pain of not being known while being known. I know that sounds like Dr Seuss. What I mean by that is they feel a great sense of emptiness. They have a sense they are playing to the external or veneer of the family name, reputation and notoriety and they have none of their own. None they can say they created anything substantive by themselves. They are uncertain that they could ever
The Amazing Positive Power of “NO”!
It is not very often you read something that just makes great sense. I often read articles or books by psychologists, counselors or other mental health professionals and I honestly think, “What reality do they live in?” or something less than kind. That is because there is so much utter nonsense in the pop psychology world that is filled with advice about never saying no, never setting limits or boundaries because of the limiting effect on creativity or hurting the feelings
100 Questions to Ask Your Teen Other Than “How Was School?”
I wanted to share this fun article to help you with talking with your teen. One of the hardest things to do as a parent is to find ways to communicate with someone who lives in an alien world. Before I share it, want to give you the best secret I ever found that works brilliantly if you want to talk with your teen. I raised three by myself. This will work 98.392075534% of the time if you do it. Follow the simple steps. Talk while doing something your teen loves doing. He
Why Look Back to Go Forward?
Parenting is never easy, I know, I raised three children. Two boys and one girl. As a married parent, a single custodial parent, a parent. In working with parents for 30 years, I have come to believe that the best parenting is not so much about reading every book or listening to all the so called experts, it is about perspective. How you approach your world or parenting. How you see the process and how to get them launched into life. There is a pervasive belief that the p
A Parent's Greatest Fear!
I am a parent of three children. The greatest joy of my life was having my three children. The greatest fear was that something terrible might happen to them, fears like: They might take their own lives They would take an overdose They would be in an accident They would be the victim of some violent of terrible crime They would end up in prison because they committed a crime They would end up on the streets homeless and lost Those are all terrible thoughts. They are terrib
