Disconnect from Your Tech
Here’s a great article about a school that took a three-day break from technology. Be sure to watch the video that goes along with it. Could you not use technology for even a day? That’s my challenge to you!
Read MoreWe Did These “Dangerous” Things and We Survived
Following up on my recent post titled, 5 Dangerous Things Parents Should Do to Their Children, someone sent me this video, I Can’t Believe We Made it, which demonstrates all of the so-called dangerous stuff past generations of children did (it used to be called “stuff all kids did”) and still somehow survived. The video vividly shows […]
Read MoreGreat Video on Positive Self-talk and Imagery for Ski Racers
Here’s a link to a great video in which three of Canada’s top female ski racers demonstrate and discuss how they use positive self-talk and mental imagery to prepare them for success.
Read MoreThree Ways to Raise Competent — and Confident — Children
It’s one thing to say you want to raise competent children. It’s an entirely different thing to know how to raise competent children. This post explores three practical ways in which you can help your children to become competent—and confident—people. Catchphrases for Competence My 8-year-old, Catie, came up with our family’s catchphrase for competence when […]
Read MoreNew York Times Profile of Mikaela Shiffrin
The New York Times published a lengthy and in-depth profile of Mikaela Shiffrin recently. The article provides a great exploration of how Mikaela has risen so far so quickly as an alpine ski racer while also developing into a mature, happy, and just plain nice young woman. I had several take-aways from the article that […]
Read MoreEating Marshmallows Doesn’t Predict Future Success
Many of you may be familiar with the famous “marshmallow” experiments conducted by the psychologist Walter Mischel in 1960s and ’70s. In the studies, 4-year-old children have two marshmallows (or another treat) placed in front of them and told that they can either eat one right away or wait to eat two when the researcher […]
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