Why does one child stare at the ceiling and sigh, while another takes a deep breath, focuses on what he has to do, and digs into his work? The difference is this: the first child doesn’t believe he can do the work. In contrast, the second one believes he can. How did he come to…
There is nothing more irritating than listening to one of your kids taunting, or teasing, or picking on a sibling. Or doing something that you expressly told him not to do. Or maybe your blood boils when you give an instruction that is totally ignored as soon as your ‘rebellious one’ is out of earshot.…
There’s this guy I recently read about. As a child, his dad had a thriving business and he considered their family to be rich. Then suddenly his dad’s business burned to the ground, and his family scrambled and scratched out a living, fighting for several years to keep a roof over their heads. As an…
