by Rich Patterson | May 14, 2018 | Family & Relationships, Parenting
As a parent and teacher, I quickly learned that asking good questions was far more valuable and saved me much embarrassment before reacting to what was happening. Over time I have come to enjoy asking questions and saving my thoughts and responses for later, or not...
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...
by Rich Patterson | Mar 23, 2018 | Encouragement, Parenting, Teenagers
Blog post 03.21.18 Why Does Being A Teenager Seem so Difficult? The different stages we go through in life continue throughout our life, as we are constantly growing and changing physically, mentally, spiritually, and socially-emotionally. So it may seem there must...
by Rich Patterson | Mar 9, 2018 | Parenting
Alternative Schools As a former alternative school administrator, I know the value of offering alternatives to kids when things look like they aren’t going to work out. But I also saw firsthand many kids who truly didn’t belong in an alternative school setting. ...
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