by Rich Patterson | May 21, 2018 | Communication, Encouragement, Parenting
Creating Relationships with Kids Relationships are key throughout our lives. Our interactions include family, school, work, and others. At most any time, something is out of sync and difficult for us. We know the value of relationships for teaching, parenting,...
by Rich Patterson | May 18, 2018 | Communication, Family & Relationships, Parenting
One Perspective One of the areas in which I have worked to improve is that of perspective. I still find myself seeing things through my life-lens, insisting that I am right. When I stop and consider someone else’s thoughts, I quickly realize that their...
by Rich Patterson | May 4, 2018 | Communication, Encouragement, Family & Relationships
Value People–Value Questions Part of the fun in life lies in the many different types of people and how they come to understand things. You can choose to be frustrated with them, call them a name, just flat out say they are wrong, or you can choose to discover...
by Rich Patterson | May 2, 2018 | Communication, Family & Relationships, Parenting, Personal Improvement
Question Progressions In the previous post, I talked about “Do You Ask Good Questions.” I think this is very important because none of us see life as it is; we see it as we are. Let’s look at how questions progress in Question Progressions. That...
by Rich Patterson | Apr 30, 2018 | Communication, Parenting, Personal Improvement
Do You Ask Good Questions? I have a friend who is a national expert on assessment. You know the evaluation is used in schools for kids to determine their level of student achievement. I took a class from him once, and during a break, I noticed that he was talking...
by Rich Patterson | Apr 16, 2018 | Communication, Family & Relationships, Parenting, Teenagers
Poets of Their Generation Those youth that is born between 1977-1994 are known as Generation Y, Echo Boomers or Millenniums, age now 24-36 number as 71 million, and along with Generation Z, born between 1995-2012, age now 14-23 number as 23 million+ are rapidly...
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