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 7, 2018 | Achievement, Parenting, Teenagers
Understanding Kids and Truancy-3 John Maxwell, an international leadership expert, says, “Anything worthwhile is uphill. Anything!” By helping kids learn to stick with things even when they may not like them particularly, find the value in something...
by Rich Patterson | Mar 5, 2018 | Achievement, Parenting, Teenagers
Understanding Kids and Truancy–2 Once the child has begun to see that by setting goals, they can accomplish what they only dreamed of, then rather than getting angry and having an argument, discuss the alignment of day-to-day behavior that supports those goals. ...
by Rich Patterson | Mar 2, 2018 | Achievement, Parenting, Teenagers
Understanding Kids and Truancy – Part 1 Truancy has been a problem for schools for as long as schools in the United States. Compulsory attendance, the lack of which equals truancy, can trace its beginnings to enforcing the mandatory attendance law in Massachusetts in...
by Rich Patterson | Jan 26, 2018 | Achievement, Parenting, Teenagers
How do you keep going when you’re overwhelmed? I’m going to give you 5 Mental Models that will help to clarify things when they get a bit muddy. These five things will absolutely help you to stop and look through your lens of life with greater clarity,...
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