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The Data Is Conclusive: It’s Time to Step Up

The Data Is Conclusive: It’s Time to Step Up

In the past, many authors, including myself, have written several articles about the emerging issues with children and adolescents growing up with smartphones in their hands. As time moves on, research is becoming more and more conclusive. Children and adolescents are...
Impossible: Motivating the Unmotivated?

Impossible: Motivating the Unmotivated?

One of the most common questions I receive revolves around the theme of motivation. Parents often ask how to motivate kids when they don’t want to do something; usually, it’s a responsibility. However, teenagers sometimes appear sad, lost, and unmotivated...
Stop the False Hope This Year

Stop the False Hope This Year

Every New Year offers us a chance to take stock of our home and our efforts at building good habits in our children. In particular, it’s good to carefully determine if “false hope” lives in your home, as it will undermine happiness and success. False...
Update on The One Percent Solution

Update on The One Percent Solution

A few years back, I traveled to Chicago and had an interesting conversation with my new friend for three hours. He was 68 and off to windsurf in Hawaii for two weeks. As I asked him about his greatest insight into life, he offered the following comment. “Nothing...
Dealing with Children’s Worries

Dealing with Children’s Worries

Daily, the news is filled with horrific incidents worldwide, such as terrorism or the seemingly endless shooting sprees at workplaces, schools, and military bases. In addition, the political climate reflected in the media intrigues many parents and children to become...
Give It Your Best Effort: One Key to Your Child’s Happiness

Give It Your Best Effort: One Key to Your Child’s Happiness

In recent years, there has been an alarming tendency to find adolescents and young adults seeking only the path of ease. In other words, when allowed to apply real effort to learn, grow, or improve…they choose to ‘sit it out.’ Certainly, a...