Parenting is a year-round process, yet summer brings a unique opportunity to amplify our parenting efforts. The relaxed pace of the season, with its sunshine and family activities, provides an ideal backdrop for “supercharging” our parenting initiatives while enjoying the fun of the season together. We’ve always been proponents of goal setting and planning, as evidenced in our Tuesday Letters. That’s why we’ve crafted a Summertime Checklist—a guide to help you prepare or revisit parenting strategies [...]

May is a significant month for graduations at all educational levels, from preschool and kindergarten to elementary school, middle school, high school, and college. It marks the end of one chapter and the beginning of another in life. This time can be filled with excitement, emotion, joy, and even a bit of anxiety for both the graduates and their parents. With our boys having graduated from college, we are reminded of what a meaningful milestone [...]

Among all the essential lessons we teach our kids about greeting people—such as making eye contact, using an appropriate tone of voice, shaking hands correctly, and communicating with teachers, family members, and friends—we must not forget to teach them to smile. Too often, we encounter customer service representatives, store clerks, waitstaff, and others who fail to smile while interacting with us; sometimes, they barely make eye contact. This raises the question: why has this automatic [...]

What if you discovered that the key predictor of your children’s success later in life comes down to one specific skill? This skill, if developed well, could lead to improved social abilities, better stress management, and greater academic achievement. Additionally, this skill has the potential to reduce substance abuse, lower obesity levels, and enhance success across all areas of life. Training and reinforcing the skill of delaying gratification leads to the development of self-control and [...]

“Time is free, but it’s priceless.  You can’t own it, but you can use it.  You can’t keep it, but you can spend it.  Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.” -Harvey Mackay Throughout our parenting journey, time seemed to be one of the hardest things to come by and manage.  There’s never enough time! Yet, we discovered that we did make time for the things that are important to us. In [...]