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 | Nov 14, 2018 | Communication, Parenting
How To Be A Positive Parent I doubt that my family would even debate it if I said that positive parents didn’t raise us. Can we be positive parents with our kids, even if raised differently? I say a positive Yes! You can be a positive parent, so let’s...
by Rich Patterson | May 16, 2018 | Family & Relationships, Parenting
Questions Open Doors By reading the posts, you realize how important it is to ask good questions about your kids. Even though they act like they may not like it, deep down, they want that you’re interested in them. It helps to confirm that their thinking, even...
by Rich Patterson | May 14, 2018 | Family & Relationships, Parenting
As a parent and teacher, I quickly learned that asking good questions was far more valuable and saved me much embarrassment before reacting to what was happening. Over time I have come to enjoy asking questions and saving my thoughts and responses for later, or not...
by Rich Patterson | May 2, 2018 | Communication, Family & Relationships, Parenting, Personal Improvement
Question Progressions In the previous post, I talked about “Do You Ask Good Questions.” I think this is very important because none of us see life as it is; we see it as we are. Let’s look at how questions progress in Question Progressions. That...
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