Children aren’t born mentally tough. Some children may be more predisposed to behaviors that lead to mental toughness, but ultimately mental toughness is developmental. There are many ways to describe and define mental toughness. For example, some time ago I came up with 15 statements that define mental toughness inside-out. The one theme across all […]
They’re so many parenting experts providing so much advice, it’s nearly impossible to digest it all. As a result, one of my goals with this blog is to condense down this information overload. When I can capture the details of a topic into actionable themes that parents can digest quickly, I consider that a success. […]
Yesterday I received overwhelmingly positive feedback on my post about the four common emotional triggers in young athletes. The number of people who reached out to me about this article took me by surprise. Most of the feedback was to say how they could relate to dealing with those emotional triggers and to thank me […]