by Rich Patterson | Jun 20, 2018 | Encouragement, Family & Relationships, Parenting
Deciduous Forest & Kids The deciduous forest is another component of the mature forest and often has dark and light timber. Dark and light timber means some Aspen, Birch, Poplar, and Red Maple trees scattered among other dark evergreen trees. The Aspen has a...
by Rich Patterson | Jun 13, 2018 | Character, Communication, Family & Relationships
Kids & A Spruce Bog A Spruce Bog in a forest are open areas where the trees are a big scraggly, the bushes and trees stunted, and they can be enormous with open grass areas. They are the result of irregular water drainage and highly acidic water. Ironically some...
by Rich Patterson | May 18, 2018 | Communication, Family & Relationships, Parenting
One Perspective One of the areas in which I have worked to improve is that of perspective. I still find myself seeing things through my life-lens, insisting that I am right. When I stop and consider someone else’s thoughts, I quickly realize that their...
by Rich Patterson | May 16, 2018 | Family & Relationships, Parenting
Questions Open Doors By reading the posts, you realize how important it is to ask good questions about your kids. Even though they act like they may not like it, deep down, they want that you’re interested in them. It helps to confirm that their thinking, even...
by Rich Patterson | May 14, 2018 | Family & Relationships, Parenting
As a parent and teacher, I quickly learned that asking good questions was far more valuable and saved me much embarrassment before reacting to what was happening. Over time I have come to enjoy asking questions and saving my thoughts and responses for later, or not...
by Rich Patterson | May 4, 2018 | Communication, Encouragement, Family & Relationships
Value People–Value Questions Part of the fun in life lies in the many different types of people and how they come to understand things. You can choose to be frustrated with them, call them a name, just flat out say they are wrong, or you can choose to discover...
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