It is the sunlight of parental love and encouragement that enables a child to grow in competence and slowly gain mastery over his environment. (Felicity Bauer) Struggling with your teen is not uncommon. It is actually part of the growth process as our teen...
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child. (Henry Ward Beecher) Hindsight is 20/20, and if we could go back and change things, we would all have picked the winning lottery numbers and be enjoying warm tropical weather year round....
Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first. (Matthew Jacobson) I remember bringing each of our daughters home from the hospital. I was exhausted, excited and scared, and not sure of what I was doing. I do remember friends...
Always remember that failure is an event, not a person. ( Zig Ziglar) Everyone fails at something some time. But for teenagers, a failure can turn a single event such as getting a F on an algebra test or not making the sports team into something that defines...
I’ve probably earned the right to screw up a few times. I don’t want the fear of failure to stop me from doing what I really care about. (Emma Watson) Is the intent to normalize failure something that is both necessary and vital to success? Our teens need to...
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. (Winston Churchill) Often failure teaches you what you need to know. Teenagers are in the state of constant learning, from academics, to social expectations, to the changes of their being,...
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