The irony of blogging about this subject is not lost on us. We sit here, somewhat addicted to screen time ourselves, and begin to write about why we should really be ‘de-teching’. And yet that appears to be the conundrum of the modern world. So how much is too much when it comes to technology use in the home? That’s about as easy […]

So this week was one of those weeks when two great parenting stories landed straight in my lap. No Facebook trolling, no researching, just some real time interactions featuring two teens from two different families. On meeting a girlfriend for coffee the other morning she arrived frustrated and exhausted having only just survived the first week back at school. […]

We have to confess that the term “Snow Plow” parent isn’t ours. We came across this description provided by a fellow reader in response to the article Have American Parents Got it All Backwards? by Christina Gross-Loh that appeared in the Huffington Post in 2014. It recently popped into our Facebook feed and as per usual we felt […]

The following article, entitled Words for teenagers appeared in the Huffington Post in August 2012.  It was written by John Tapene, a school principal in New Zealand after hearing some wise words form a judge who regularly dealt with troubled teens. It cuts right to the jugular in terms of giving our kids some straight up advice about […]

We love it when we come across a great article from the ‘motherland’ aka Australia.  Every now and then these absolute gems come across our path and we feel compelled to share. This article, entitled ‘We should teach our children how to fail’ written by Jacqueline Maley appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on July […]

Why is it that we love an Olympic hero? Is it the glory of all that gold, or is it in the unimaginable effort that is required to get there? These athletes teach us a level of resilience and guts that most of us can’t even fathom? Medal winning or not, there’s nothing like putting your heart and soul […]

For all the visual learners out there this is a great video on what it means to be resilient.  It’s short and sweet but pretty much covers all necessary behaviours in overcoming adversity. Nothing more to say really…watch and learn!

Here is a list of Rules for Students, most frequently attributed to Bill Gates however originally put forth by Charles Sykes in his book “Dumbing Down America”. Again, its one of those controversial lists that may have some of us nodding and saying “oh yeah” with while others simply disagree. Either way, it’s a great […]