School has started or will be starting for many of you. In addition to the relief your teen will now be doing something productive with their day, there should be a clear game plan for the coming year. This includes setting goals, reviewing last year’s pitfalls and improving upon last year’s successes. In this way, [...]
“Well, I changed my class because that class was hard and I was going to get a ‘B.’ I can’t get a ‘B.’ Me? A ‘B’? I don’t think so. I have never gotten a ‘B’ in my life and I wasn’t about to start with some advanced placement physics class. “ Do you know [...]
Lessons don’t always need to be complicated or long in order to make a lifelong point. The following list of books is enjoyed by toddlers, but they could be on any teen’s book shelf as well. Instead of a card, why not get them one of these books as a card? Here are seven books [...]
Your teen’s graduation day. A day of absolute pride for both you and your teen. Sometimes there’s a big whew! that they are graduating and other times there is such a sense of accomplishment to having squeezed every opportunity out of their high school experience. There are accolades for grades, service, popularity what there is [...]
Graduation season is upon us and for graduating college, university and professional students the pressure is on to earn some money and start paying back some loans. One might think the best way to do that is by getting a job that pays a lot of money, but sometimes the best way to your goals [...]
Every now and again there is a format of advice that although seemingly in lecture format speaks volumes. “Free to wear sunscreen” is that kind of advice. It is a perfect mix of what life becomes on the way to “success” no matter what that ends up becoming for your teen. When you’re thinking up [...]
The blog Connie on FbRecruiting recently had a post What No One Tells You About Football Recruiting. There in what she calls, a soapbox moment she describes the challenges of being recruited to a major university football team with the hopes of one day playing for an NFL team. Her advice, “Dream with your eyes [...]
