A few years ago my wife and I were doing some recreational house-hunting. While viewing a beautiful home, she commented, "I like this house but we'd need to replace all the tile floors." I thought the tile was nice. After mentally estimating the cost of replacement, I...
My preference is to think of spirituality as being grounded in this world and this life, not in a concept of a world and life beyond the here and now. And it has three dimensions: the spirituality of self, the spirituality of relationships, and the spirituality of my...
Over the decades, a lot of bad advice for parents has been published. Strategies such as false praise, helicopter parenting and permissiveness may have played to parents' fears of losing the love of their child, but the consequences have been horrendous. After...
[five_sixth] [/five_sixth][one_sixth_last][social_buttons hide_share_count="true" facebook="true" twitter="true" pinterest="true" linkedin="true"][/one_sixth_last] Fairness Communicate your expectations—your child can’t read your mind. And base your expectations on...
[five_sixth] [/five_sixth][one_sixth_last][social_buttons hide_share_count="true" facebook="true" twitter="true" pinterest="true" linkedin="true"][/one_sixth_last] Podcasts As a parent, sometimes you just need to hear encouraging words. That’s what I set out to do...
A successful, happy life. I guess everybody knows it takes more than than money and beauty. Just ask Bernie Madoff. And guess what...It also takes a lot more than a good education and business know-how. I try to stress this point with parents. Yes, kids need a good...
Denny's BooksConnect With Your Kid Mastering the Top 10 Parent-Child Communication Skills “The book is so easy to read and clearly guides us as parents, grandparents, teachers and advisers to teenagers in helping them on that journey to being happy and successful...