Finding what motivates makes it a lot easier to direct good behavior.
Author: kenny (Page 47 of 47)
“There’s never a day when Dad doesn’t yell at someone.” is NOT what I want my kids saying.
Helping people help themselves requires that they want to help themselves.
Sometimes life is like riding a pogo stick: it’s hard to get the hang of going forward, but pretty easy to fall backward.
Positive-to-negative ratio needs to be 10:1. Seriously.
When your son gets a chess/checker set, basketball, and pogo stick for his 9th birthday, make sure you play one game of everything with him. (Especially when it’s 80 degrees on a Sunday in Michigan in early April!)
I guess I needed a 4-hour nap more than I needed to get some things done.
The plan a kid creates and follows beats the plan I create that he doesn’t follow.
Peer pressure doesn’t end when you grow up.
When a person craves a lot of praise, it might not be because he thinks he’s so great, but because he doesn’t.
Sometimes you just can’t make a basket. Keep your composure and keep shooting. When it’s over, give your opponent credit for good defense and get ready for next time.
Spending 30 minutes of one-one-one time makes a BIG difference in an 8-year-old’s behavior.
Bowling is a LOT more fun when you have your own custom ball.