by Rich Patterson | Aug 7, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Parental Discipline Okay, you have established some rules, 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. Enforcing... by Rich Patterson | Aug 5, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Personal Standards In this series, I have been addressing What Kids Need in their lives to be resilient in their thinking, choices, values, integrity, and friendships. In this post, I will talk about a favorite topic of mine, Personal Standards. It... by Rich Patterson | Aug 2, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
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 to our kids to avoid ending up in a sticky mess like this photo. I don’t know if... by Rich Patterson | Jun 26, 2019 | Character, Parenting
Protecting Youth from High-Risk Behaviors Alcohol use, illicit drug use, sexual activity, and Violence have to be the big four for protecting our youth. In this photo, Gary Bendig captures two Cedar Waxwings feeding each other is an act of love. As parents, we want...
by Rich Patterson | May 20, 2019 | Character, Encouragement, Personal Improvement
Injustices Do you know anyone who, every time you get into a heated debate they get hysterical? Maybe it is yourself? It seems like getting angry, calling people names, and getting hysterical is now in fashion. It is now okay with so many people because we have...
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