by Rich Patterson | Sep 6, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Participation in a Faith-Based Community We have been talking about resilience and how it adds a Teflon® coating to young people making them less vulnerable to the distractions of life and more able to bounce back during the tough times. Participation...
by Rich Patterson | Sep 4, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Community Activities Remember those “good kids” that participate in extracurricular activities? 41% of those same kids also participate in clubs and organizations outside of school, according to the Search-Institute of Minneapolis. Take...
by Rich Patterson | Sep 2, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Extracurricular Activities Supported by various studies, kids who participate in extracurricular activities in school have greater resilience in life. That resilience makes them able to bounce back when the going gets tough. 61% of those resilient...
by Rich Patterson | Aug 30, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Music Not just music, playing an instrument or learning to sing. As a high school band director for many years, I can say with authority that the kids involved in band, orchestra, or choir are good. They often take private lessons and practice their...
by Rich Patterson | Aug 26, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Good Influence Positive influence seems like a no-brainer; however, often, we aren’t fully aware of who our kids are spending time around. We know that the company that we keep influences us, but do we know details about our kids’...
by Rich Patterson | Aug 23, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: School Boundaries We’ve been discussing the interpretations of the 40 Developmental Assets for Youth from the Search-Institute. Today we’re looking at School Boundaries. In general, schools are good about establishing the various rules...
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