The Sadness Ghost: A Six Year Old Deals With Sadness

Psychotherapy Networker Magazine has published the Sadness Ghost in it’s January, 2012 issue. — In the summer of 2011, here in New York City, an eight year old boy was murdered. He got lost walking the few blocks home from day camp. It is a chilling story. Even more so for parents of young children. When I [...]

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Taylor Mali Performs ‘Miracle Workers’

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“Education is the miracle. I’m just the worker. I’m a teacher. And that’s what we do.”

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Man Up! Go on a Damn Cruise!

Recently, I boarded my first cruise ship. It sailed from Galveston, Texas and made the loop down to Mexico. I did it to attend an seagoing conference related to my profession and I did it in spite of my nearly 100% certainty that the experience was going to be pretty creepy. I won’t name the [...]

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The Button Game – Teaching Young Children Emotional Maturity

  About 18 months ago, Saliha, my son and I did this drawing called the Button Game. No doubt there were hundreds of conversations that let up to this drawing. As with everything in life, we arrived at this moment by taking a million tiny steps over time. But it is this kind of creative [...]

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Why Boys Are Failing in an Educational System Stacked Against Them

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Lori Day looks to find solutions in education that take into account the differences between boys and girls.

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On Boys, Suicide, and the Lessons of Unfilled Holes

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“We need to teach our boys that they can bear suffering and loss without shame … that anger is a question that deserves deeper answers than punishment or silence.”

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Meds, Horses, and Uncle Fred’s Farm for My ADHD Son

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After months at a therapeutic boarding school, Pauline Gaines’ son has recognizably changed.

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Three Faces

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For 38 years, Carl Bosch has proudly watched the growth his students undergo during their middle school years.

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The Importance of Masculinity in Boyhood Development

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“The question is: do parents have enough trust in boy development to let them take some risks and make some mistakes?”

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Why My Nine-Year-Old Is Smarter Than Me

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Wolf Pascoe’s son gives him an intelligence test—with predictable results.

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10 Things Entrepreneurs Don’t Learn in College

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College didn’t teach James Altucher how to think, so he’s here to make sure you know what he didn’t.

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Parent Bloggers – The Salvation of our Generation

I ran across a post written this summer by stay at home dad @ChrisRoutly from his site the Daddy Doctrines. Chris was writing about whether or not parenting makes people happier which Chris says is actually a misnomer. Chris says parenting is about living a fulfilling life. Chris writes some great stuff, so go have a look. This all [...]

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Letting Grandma Cut Loose-Roll Playing Games for the Kindergarten Set

Play as a powerful collaborative learning tool ……….. Play is a way to help children and parents be receptive to growth and learning across a range of parenting challenges/opportunities. In many cases, play can give you the outcome you are seeking with the full cooperation of your child. It’s just a question of trusting your [...]

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In Flight – Seeing the Possible with a Four Year Old

A couple of years ago, my four year old son Sam and I were leaving a big box bookstore in upstate New York. It was winter, close to Thanksgiving. I held him in the crook of my arm, his face next to mine, his small arm confidently draped across my shoulder. It was around 6PM. [...]

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New Father Fears- The Terror Of Feeling Trapped

Ah, the joys of parenting when you’re just a panic stricken guy in way over his head… ———————- This morning I got Gus up, found his clothes for him, fed him, talked with him about which colors match which levels of emotions (his choice of conversation not mine), made his lunch, and took him to [...]

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Tools-Catch Your Child Being Good. The Good Deed Gotcha Game!

One game that I’m constantly reminding myself to play with my son Gus is the Good Deed Gotcha Game. Saliha introduced this game at our house. The rules are simple. Catch someone doing something good. Gus catches Saliha doing something good. I spot Saliha or Gus being amazing. And occasionally, I even get caught doing [...]

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