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Gateway Parenting By Wendy Calise Director, MTIPS The theory goes something like this: if you use legal drugs such as tobacco or alcohol, or even what some consider “soft drugs” like marijuana, you are more likely to slip down the slope to using “hard drugs” like amphetamines, cocaine and heroin, than people who never get started using soft drugs in the first place. The starter ..read more

Despite our fixation on academics there are really two categories of skills that will make or break a life: character traits and life skills. And although these are often conflated, they are two distinct areas of development. Character Traits: Gratitude Humility Accountability Integrity Resourcefulness Adaptability Collaborative Persistent/Determined These are ..read more

Contrary to how it feels when the nurse hands your first born over to you and waves goodbye, your children do not belong to you. They are not simply extensions of you. You have your life and they have theirs. Your lives are not interchangeable. Your dreams are not interchangeable. Children are yours on loan, for what will feel like a shockingly short period of time when they get ready to ..read more

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Well said, Mr. Stallings. Q. My third grade son recently came home in tears saying he didn’t want to go to school anymore because he was punished for talking during silent reading. The teacher kept him in from recess. I think this is horrible. It isn’t a teacher’s job to destroy a child’s love for school. Instead of constant punishment for every little infraction, what about ..read more

This is a great article on some of the challenges of current parenting culture and the long term effects it is having on young adults who are raised this way. And what is best, it is filled with pictographs and stats that are easy to digest, though hard to swallow. Read Article ..read more

Great video by Simon Sinek  I don't mean to be dark, but if we think we have challenges now?????  We are currently sipping from a little cocktail straw. Twenty years from now we are going to be drinking from a fire hose.  And stay with him. He is NOT bashing millennials. He is asking us to understand them. He is asking us to care. Love to hear your thoughts ..read more

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