by Rich Patterson | Jul 15, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Family Support In this series, I will talk about what kids need in their life. What needs to be there for them to develop strong character and reliable resiliency in their life? Today I want to talk about family support. Family support is critical,... by Rich Patterson | Jun 21, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
5 Action Steps With Kids Now that summer is in full swing, let’s look at 5 Action Steps you can take With Kids. Summer is a great time to work on communication with our kids. To help them enjoy being with the family by engaging them physically and... by Rich Patterson | May 3, 2019 | Encouragement, Personal Improvement, Resilience
Hold Your Image My mentor, Paul Martinelli, is known for saying, “Hold Your Image.” For a while, I’m not sure that I understood what he was saying until the past few months, as I have been actively working on that very thought process. Many... by Rich Patterson | Apr 26, 2019 | Parenting, Personal Improvement, Resilience
40 Assets for Youth – Internal Assets In the previous two blogs, I discussed the 40 Developmental Assets for Youth from the Search Institute (www.search-institute.org). In the last blog, we discussed the External Assets, and in this writing, I will discuss the... by Rich Patterson | Apr 24, 2019 | Parenting, Personal Improvement, Resilience
40 Assets for Youth – External Assets In the previous blog, I wrote about the 40 Developmental Assets for Youth and explained how they developed, researched, and organized the assets. In that writing, I said that the assets appear in two categories, External... by Rich Patterson | Apr 22, 2019 | Parenting, Personal Improvement, Resilience
40 Assets for Youth The 40 Developmental Assets for Youth are the work of the Search Institute (www.search-institute.org). They are 40 research-based positive experiences and qualities that influence young people’s development, helping them become caring,...
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