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 | Jun 24, 2019 | Encouragement, Parenting
Promoting Positive Behaviors in Youth We know as parents that the more positive we are with our kids, the more they are likely to have thriving behavior. But it just isn’t that easy. It looks like the young person in this photo knows who they are and is very...
by Rich Patterson | May 28, 2019 | Achievement, Encouragement
Perseverance Look closely at this lovely little girl, and you will see she has had some surgery. She had to learn what perseverance was very early in life. A Thank-you to Melissa Labellarte on Unsplash As I sat on my deck and watched the birds for the evening, I...
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