Last year, my son Kyle and I were invited to join a climbing expedition with my good friend and client, Joe, and his son, Sam. Joe has been training Sam in hopes that he’ll become the youngest person to ever climb the famed El Capitan, a 3,000-foot vertical wall in Yosemite Valley that most consider…
Reflections from a Night on a Cliffside
December 10, 2021
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Parenting Matters: Become a Dynamic Parent
In his book, “The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic,” Matthew Kelly describes four characteristics that separate dynamic Catholics from “other” Catholics. While reading his small book, I kept thinking these same characteristics define dynamic parents as different from “ordinary” parents. I have adapted these principles as they apply to parents below. Dynamic Parents Read…
Teaching the Value of Work
Dear Dave, What are your views on teaching children good work habits? Many of our friends don’t require their kids to help out or work around the house, but we both strongly feel that instilling a strong work ethic early in life is one of the best things you can do as a parent for…
Raising Children to Be More Than Peppa Parrots
Peppa Pig, a British children’s cartoon, has taken America by storm, so much so that children are absorbing the British accent its characters feature, a recent article in The Wall Street Journal explains. Parents are reporting that they’ve become “Mummy,” Santa has morphed into “Father Christmas” for whom children must make mince pies, and mature…
Boy Rips American Flag From Neighbor’s Lawn While Mother Watches
July 12, 2021
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A Mission Viejo, Calif. mother is being vilified after a viral video showed her son yanking an American flag from a neighbor’s lawn and tossing it to the ground while she watched. The incident has divided social media, with some criticizing the mother’s parenting and others saying the clip was taken out of context. The now viral video,…
The Conversation No Parent Ever Wants
I was the perfect parent once, and then I had children. Nothing in life prepares you for this journey. There is no rule book, no instruction manual, and no one has walked the exact path you will. It is quite literally the most unique experience that any individual will have, and it is by definition,…
Bless Them, Don’t Enable Them
Dear Dave, My husband and I are both teachers, and we’re on Baby Step 7. We’re struggling with things where our wills are concerned. Three of our four adult children aren’t being wise with their money, and my husband and I disagree on how to talk to them about it and how it may affect…
What’s the Best Age to Give My Teen a Smartphone?
June 13, 2021
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If you’re looking for confirmation that smartphones and social media are good for your kids, this is not one of those posts. The “best age” question is a trick question. Here’s why. We don’t stress about the “best age” for things that are inherently good for our kids. Are there hundreds of opinions on the…
Tips to Realize Your Child’s Potential
One goal that parents might strive for is to guide their children to realize their fullest potential. Each child is an individual with innate talents, interests, strengths, motivations, and gifts. What they could become and what potential they have within them are unknown. How can mothers and fathers parent in a way that allows their…
The Screen Struggle
Parents across the globe are struggling with what some call the biggest parenting challenge of all time: how to control a child’s overuse of addictive technology (primarily video games and social media/smartphones) in a culture where they have constant access to it. Teens are binging on YouTube and video games through the night, sending racy…
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