by Rich Patterson | Feb 21, 2020 | Character, Parenting
Roots, Patience, and Presence We have discussed the benefit of examining the roots in our lives and comparing them to tree roots. We have talked about taking the time to establish a solid foundation for ourselves from which we can operate. In a previous post, we...
by Rich Patterson | Jan 27, 2020 | Parenting, Resilience
Building Assets in Your Community For some time now, I have been writing about the benefits of building assets with young people. Asset building is the mission of the Search Institute (https://search-institute.org) using their huge research database to create the 40...
by Rich Patterson | Jan 22, 2020 | Encouragement, Parenting
Overcoming Difficulties with Kids It was a difficult decision; I had an opportunity for a new position in another state, but our son was a Junior in high school, and I knew that moving for him would be difficult. My wife and I sat down and discussed it with him to...
by Rich Patterson | Jan 20, 2020 | Encouragement, Parenting
Difficulties With Kids As a high-altitude snowmobiler, I am familiar with the problems one faces riding in the mountains. We meet our challenges more easily when friends and those of like interest surround us. When we all work together to make it happen, so it is...
by Rich Patterson | Dec 14, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
A Warm, Caring Environment If you had a checklist of things that parents can do to help create resilience for kids, such as the checklist from Search-Institute.org, at the top of that list is, “I provide a warm, caring environment for my child at home”...
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