by Rich Patterson | Aug 17, 2018 | Parenting
Parenting on Purpose: Display Your Personal Best In the past few days, we’ve been talking about the choice we have to ignore our circumstances and choose to be our best. Today I would like to offer, Display Your Personal Best. When things start to close in...
by Rich Patterson | Aug 15, 2018 | Parenting
It’s in the People Parenting our kids requires constant calibration. I mean, it seems like we’re constantly adjusting, catching, cautioning, checking, reassuring, helping, pushing; the list is endless. In the blog on 08/13/18, I wrote about Focusing on...
by Rich Patterson | Jul 20, 2018 | Communication, Parenting
Choosing A School for Your Child: What’s Important With all of the choices for schools today, it can be overwhelming to decide what school is right for your child. As an educator, I was frequently asked about this school or by parents. I have listed a few...
by Rich Patterson | Jul 6, 2018 | Achievement, Character, Encouragement
Focus on Good Energy I recently saw a father speaking to his son after a soccer game where his son’s team lost by quite a bit. The son was discouraged and felt like a failure. The father noticed that his son was frustrated and asked him questions. He said: ...
by Rich Patterson | Jul 4, 2018 | Character, Encouragement, Personal Improvement
Learning to Fly Birds learn to fly on the ground. It isn’t as if they jump from the nest one day and make it to the nearest branch. For the most part, they fall to the ground, where they struggle to get themselves airborne once again. This analogy applies to...
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