by Rich Patterson | Sep 27, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience, Teenagers
What Kids Need: Sexual Restraint Kids believe that it is essential to abstain from sex, according to the Search Institute’s youth survey of nearly three million kids. Most are willing to postpone becoming sexually active; however, only 36% report having this...
by Rich Patterson | Sep 23, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience, Teenagers
What Kids Need: Global Concerns The news has recently been running a video regarding the century-old ice that is melting in the Arctic. I have found that your youth today, of all age groups, have a genuine concern for the environment, as well as other global...
by Rich Patterson | Sep 22, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience, Teenagers
What Kids Need: Helping Others In this photo, you see a teenager helping an elementary student play a game or with homework. A survey on youth by the Search Institute shows that kids believe that it is essential to help others and work to help them improve their...
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 | 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’...
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