Children's Blog

It's November. The holidays are coming! Think about that word—holidays. Holy days. Its etymology is far removed from its current stress-inducing connotation. The first of the big two- Thanksgiving - is around the corner. Thanksgiving is one holiday that has, perhaps because of its name, retained at least some of its original meaning and purpose.   It is a day, as the name implies, for giving thanks. It's national gratitude day. Gratitude and celebration are... Read More

Teaching Your Kids to Make Good Decisions One of the most powerful ways you can encourage your children to become successful, happy, and contributing people is to teach them good decision making and then to allow them to make their own decisions. The decisions that your children make as they approach adulthood dictate the people they become and the life paths they choose. Unfortunately, popular culture has different ideas about your children's decision making. Popular culture wants to... Read More

The first time my oldest son went trick-or-treating, he was dressed up as a bumblebee, but he turned into a monster. Because, paradoxically, inundation always ends with a sense of deprivation…My son was two-years-old when it happened. We dressed him up in a puffy black and yellow costume, and we rang his first Halloween doorbell. As the first pieces of candy disappeared into his bag, he was too overwhelmed with wonder to utter a word. By the third house, he had recovered his speech, and he... Read More