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Aug 21, 2020
2 min

Empowering Teens - Why my Preference

The premise of giving teens power can give parents pause, but empowerment, in the long term, yields self-sufficient young adults.

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Aug 14, 2020
2 min

Preparing for the (teen) Change

As parents of pre-teens we hear about the challenge of raising teens, but I am not sure any of us fully appreciate it until experienced

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Aug 7, 2020
2 min

Teenage Years - the Change is Real

The last several months I shared experiences during the critical shaping years, they set the foundation for these next posts- the teen years

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Jul 31, 2020
2 min

Balancing Negatives and Positives

The remedy to possible imbalance was to write them letters where I deliberately was positive and encouraging.

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Jul 24, 2020
3 min

Applying Parental Advice

When timely and relevant advice is given, after the fact we realize how valuable the advice was, and how unfortunate it is we didn't use it

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Jul 17, 2020
3 min

Part 3 - Teaching Money Management

The last part of how I taught my daughters about money management.

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Jul 10, 2020
3 min

Part 2 -Teaching Money Management

My last blog on money management was the pretext - now I write how I applied specific techniques to create scenarios and teach lessons

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Jun 25, 2020
3 min

Teaching Money Management

Money Management can be a sensitive topic for many people. In this post I share my views from a child development perspective.

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Jun 19, 2020
3 min

Consistency and Reinforcement

A key enabler to instilling principles and traits in our children is being consistent with the key points/messages conveyed.

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Jun 12, 2020
3 min

Benefits of Leveling Up

In this post I expand on the benefits of leveling up as a technique to "stay in front" of your children.

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Jun 5, 2020
2 min

Cumulative Effect

I was determined to avoid single instances of advice that was “too late” for my girls to absorb and subsequently apply.

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May 29, 2020
2 min

Critical Shaping Years

The critical years for a parent to set the foundation for their children is when the kids are between 6 and 12.

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May 21, 2020
2 min

What is Normal to the Parent … to the Child?

The foundation we as parents set becomes the normal to the child. Whether good or bad, healthy or destructive, uplifting or degrading

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May 15, 2020
3 min

What We Teach Our Kids

I want to take a slightly different angle and write about the subconscious lessons we teach our children indirectly.

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May 8, 2020
2 min

Roles, Relationships, Respect

Some of the key components of effective parenting is understanding the parents role in the household, their relationships and respect.

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May 1, 2020
3 min

Parenting Standards

What is the standard of “how the children act” that is communicated and accepted by the parents?

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Apr 24, 2020
3 min

"All In" Parenting Mentality

My wife and I were both prepared to be mentally and physically involved in the planning and execution of raising our girls.

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Apr 17, 2020
2 min

Tailored Parenting

I am not a proponent of "cookie cutter" parenting. To me, each child requires tailored parenting to account for their unique attributes.

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Apr 10, 2020
3 min

Derived Personality Traits

The first step in recognizing derived traits in your children is knowing your own characteristics.

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Mar 27, 2020
2 min

Parental Approaches

Every parent has an approach, a key is understanding yours and how it differs from your spouse/partner.

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