As we move into a new year, millions of people have already begun to formulate their list of New Year’s resolutions. No doubt, one of those resolutions for many of us will be to lose weight. If you are one of those many who wants to shed a few pounds, I have a suggestion. Don’t resolve to […]
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We are all the star of our own shit show.
On Thursday I was coaching swim practice and a mom of one of my swimmers who also happens to read the blog came up to me. And she said, “I just want to thank you. Your blog helps so many of us who are struggling.” She gave me a hug. A big, warm, strong hug […]
The Test Scores That Really Matter
In our school district, the elementary schools administer tests to the kids in September as a way of assessing reading skills. We just received the results from these tests this past week. As I expected, the kids performed very well. Two of them scored above the 95th percentile in multiple areas. Does it feel good […]
Let nature take its course.
Someone asked me about natural consequences yesterday. Natural consequences are unbelievably useful and effective in helping our kids (and ourselves!) learn valuable lessons about accountability and responsibility. But they are largely underutilized because we as parents so often have a hard time letting our kids be uncomfortable or deal with disappointment. First I think it’s important to make […]
Kindness Is A Muscle
A couple weeks ago I wrote this post about how I was going to start each day off by complimenting the kids. I’ve been pretty consistent about it. I’ll be honest. At first it was a little uncomfortable. It was just such a foreign thing to do that I almost had to force myself to do it. […]
We could all use 26 Days of Kindness right now.
Sometimes when serious things are going on in the world around me I wonder, should I be writing about this? On September 11, should I be writing something serious? On Veterans Day and Memorial Day should the posts I write have something to do with those holidays? Because this started as a humor blog. It […]