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Change Your Mind Today to be a Better Parent Tomorrow
Show them grace, love, and how to be reasonable human beings. Teach them compromise isn’t a failure. Change your mind for your kids’ sake.
Quitting Team Not an Option Because Participation is More Valuable
Does a child quitting a sports team set them up for a lifetime of giving up when things don’t quite go their way? This dad says yes.
Generation Nerd: Does Social Ineptitude Matter For Our Kids?
What we worry most about in kids — lack of face-to-face connection, inability to speak publicly, etc. — may not matter in the nerd future.
Competition Can Be a Dangerous Game in the Digital Age
A classroom competition gets dad fire up for victory, but at what cost does the drive for successful become unhealthy obsession?
My Competitive Son Wants Only to Win. Have I Done Wrong?
My son is obsessed with winning in sports, and nothing else matters. I wonder if he is too competitive, and what kind of child are my wife and I raising.