by Rich Patterson | Sep 30, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience, Teenagers
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 to develop resilience in their lives. I would venture even to say that many adults still... by Rich Patterson | Sep 27, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience, Teenagers
What Kids Need: Sexual Restraint Kids believe that it is essential to abstain from sex, according to the Search Institute’s youth survey of nearly three million kids. Most are willing to postpone becoming sexually active; however, only 36% report having this... by Rich Patterson | Sep 25, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience, Teenagers
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 | Sep 22, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience, Teenagers
What Kids Need: Helping Others In this photo, you see a teenager helping an elementary student play a game or with homework. A survey on youth by the Search Institute shows that kids believe that it is essential to help others and work to help them improve their... by Rich Patterson | Sep 21, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience, Teenagers
What Kids Need: Encouraging Kids to Achieve “My child used to get such good grades; I don’t know what happened. Since he arrived in high school, everything seems to be going downhill.” As an experienced school administrator, I used to hear this...
Let’s Connect!