Inspiration from Hamilton and Kant: work with passion, but know that the road to success is not always paved with maniac energy and politics.
Parenting
Strategic Parenting Of The Future Started Yesterday
Strategic Parenting is something I’ve heard on more than one occasion. Almost as a buzzword, but I don’t think it’s a new concept, just a new term. November 5th, 2014 is a day I will never forget. At 9 AM that morning my wife, son, and I stood in a courtroom. And shortly after 9…
Stop Criminalizing Teens for Sexting
Teens are native tech users — they use their phones like they use their hands.
How to Tell if Your Kids Are Stressed and Burned Out and What You Can Do About It
Give your children their best gift this holiday season: the ability to form empowering thoughts, which will serve them for the rest of their lives.
My Son Is In Middle School: Now What?
Memories of our boy needing us for the reasons that children need their parents and then some are hard to put aside. We were very much needed. Now–not so much. — Babies are born completely helpless. They need help for everything. EVERYTHING. Burping, bathing, eating, drinking, dressing – oh my! Slowly, the baby grows and…
Why You Should Apologize To Your Children
I cannot imagine not being upfront and honest with my kids, or with anyone really, and admitting fault, asking for forgiveness and apologizing. I’m no less strong a man or parent for having said “I’m sorry”. — Apparently, not saying sorry to your kid is a thing. A thing that actual parents do. On purpose. For…
Three Ingredients for the Care and Feeding of Your Teenager
Your teen is more likely to make positive decisions if they have a strong, positive relationship with you as their parent. Forging that bond is easier than you think.
Four Powerful Ways Dads Can Create a Culture of Gratitude For Their Kids
The most impactful lessons our kids learn are those they observe in our own attitudes and behaviors. Make it a habit to practice gratitude.
Men, Make Big Mo(mentum) Your Go-to Move in Parenting
Once you know how Mo(mentum) works, you’ll find fantastic opportunities arise for you and your kids.
Things I Want My Son to Know as He Enters the Business World
With graduation just a few months away, some words of wisdom about working and life seem timely.
Kids: The Trickiest of Treats
Arianna Jeret shares a Halloween tale of delayed gratification for children & parents.
Why I Won’t Teach Abstinence to My Son
My partner and I don’t see eye-to-eye on every parenting decision. But there is one parenting choice we completely agree on, and that is what to teach our son about sex.
The Struggle is Real: Difficult Children
How should we raise our spirited children, our children that we know present a greater challenge to our parenting skills?
17 Incredible Moments When Dad Saved the Day
Dads are hard rocking superheroes.
On Snot, a Parenting Episode
My boy wiped snot on his jacket and smirked as if to say, “Your loss.”
Help! My Middle Schooler Has Been Kidnapped By Aliens!
Give yourself an edge on parenting tweens by learning about adolescent personality types and you’ll banish those “close encounters of the teenage kind.”