by Rich Patterson | Mar 20, 2020 | aggression, balance, be yourself, Behaviors, character, Difficult Times, Focus, integrity, morals, Personal improvement, Relationships, resolving conflicts, Self-Improvement, Stoicism
Keep Your Center Welcome to my 300th blog post, pretty much consecutive at three postings a week for just short of two years straight. Let’s get into our topic of Keep Your Center. You must pay attention to being centered, particularly right now, during the...
by Rich Patterson | Nov 13, 2019 | balance, Behaviors, communication, Confidence, Connecting with kids, Kids & Adults, Resilience, Resiliency, resolving conflicts, Self-Confidence, Self-Improvement, Serious Conversations
Serious Conversations I have been writing about having serious conversations with your young person frequently. It is equally important that kids have three or more adults that they can go to for help and that they have serious conversations with them. Having...
by Rich Patterson | Sep 30, 2019 | aggression, Assertiveness, Behaviors, passivity, Resilience, Resiliency, resolving conflicts
What Kids Need: Assertiveness Skills The Search Institute’s list of the 40 Developmental Assets for Youth, #25 lists Assertiveness Skills is something kids need to learn in order to develop resilience in their lives. I would venture to even say that many adults...
by Rich Patterson | Sep 25, 2019 | Adding Value, Assets for Youth, Behaviors, Being your best, conflicts, Connecting with kids, empathy, Health, Heart, Kids, Kids & Adults, Resilience, Resiliency, resolving conflicts, self-esteem, Self-Improvement, service to others, Teenagers, Teens
What Kids Need: Empathy Empathy is the ability to understand and share the deep feelings of another person. It often happens when a good friend listens to you when you’re frustrated, and they can rephrase what you’re saying with the same passion,...
by Rich Patterson | Aug 7, 2019 | Bad Habits, character, communication, Confidence, conflicts, Defiant Kids, Discipline, Parenting, Parents, Personal Standards, resolving conflicts, Self-Confidence, self-esteem, Successful Parenting
What Kids Need: Parental Discipline Okay, you have established some rules, and set some consequences, negotiated this upfront in advance of a big problem, and solicited your child’s feedback. Now what? Now, you must enforce those consequences as agreed upon. ...
by Rich Patterson | Aug 2, 2019 | Behaviors, Being your best, Conversations, Defiant Kids, Expectations, Families, Family & Relationships, Parenting, Parents, Positive behaviors, Positive Parenting, resolving conflicts, Teenagers, Teens
What Kids Need: Expectations The human psyche default, without any guidelines or expectations, is generally to the negative. We must have some general guidelines that we provide as parents to our kids to avoid ending up in a sticky mess like this photo. I...
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