Two weeks ago I wrote about the rising levels of depression among children. Research shows that one of the best things a parent can do to reduce this risk of depression is to raise resilient kids. I believe getting both girls and boys to participate in youth wrestling is the perfect way to achieve this. […]
Parents with high expectations assume that all parents have high expectations of their children. Well this is just not true. Most parents have expectations, but they just aren’t that high. What makes high expectations high by definition, is that they are above most others. With that out the way, let’s get to the point. Parents […]
There is a fine line between confidence and cockiness as they are two sides of the same coin. On the one hand, confidence is critical for long-term success. On the other hand, cockiness leads to long-term failure. When you raise a confident child, that child learns to believe in themselves any time effort is invested […]