What if you do nothing? I’m always amazed at how smart kids are. Yours mine everyone’s kids are brilliant in some way. Like Dr Shafali says they are here to teach us My daughter is nine years old. She like many people sometimes let’s a rough spot in her dayRead More…
The Great Money Project part 4. Here’s our newest update on our money project. You can read about its inception HERE Every year we start our project with a question. “How do you want to help the world?” The reason we ask that question is because of a simple beliefRead More…
Dads Super SImple Green Smoothie If you’ve read my ABOUT ME page you’ll know that I focus on 12 areas of my life for improvement. One of those areas is my health that’s why I present to you dads super simple green smoothie. A few years ago my wonderfulRead More…
What if we gave our kids the experience of being understood? What if we gave our kids the experience of being understood? You may have read on my ABOUT PAGE that I have a career in sales. As a sales person I spend a ton of time engaging myRead More…
Face Cakes! This weekend my daughter turned 8 years old. To kick off the celebration she asked me to make pancakes. Not just any pan cakes something we call Face Cakes. Face Cakes are just wacky shaped pancakes that you stack on a regular pancake to make a face. STEPRead More…
WOW my book; “Beat Your Kids (At Sports, Game, Etc) And Other Advice For Dads” was picked up by the fantastic people at Olympia Publishing. My book is designed with one idea per page. I know parents often don’t have time to wade through extra info. Its by no meansRead More…
Well my 25 year old alarm clock decided to crater at 10pm. I guess they just dont make em like they used to lol. I decided to turn my phone into a bedside clock with the “huge Digital Clock” App from the App store. And I quickly built a standRead More…
What if we focused more on what our kids need and less on what we want? What if we focused more on what our kids need and less on what we want? As I move through this journey of becoming a mindful parent I’m shocked at what IRead More…
Is what you’re saying the same as what you’re conveying? Its amazing how astute kids are. The other day I was getting the kids ready for bed. I was asking the kids to complete the standard battery of tasks required when my daughter said “Dad you sound really mad.”Read More…
Do you teach your kids to negotiate? Ive mentioned before that I’m doing my best to make my kids capable confident and accountable (not to mention self aware). I spend a lot of time pondering some of the parenting “wisdom” I hear to see if it makes sense for me.SoRead More…