My experience has shown me, time and time again, that the parents who are the most successful at helping their children overcome cognitive, behavioral and mood challenges are the parents who ‘know’ and truly believe that behind all the layers of problems, there is a healthy, normal and uniquely talented child. The parents who believe [...]
In the past month, I had the opportunity to speak to over 700 people who attended my Parents, Take Charge workshops in South Africa. The workshop registration form asks participants to answer the question:’ ‘What would you like to get out of the workshop?’ Parents poured their hearts out in response to this question. They [...]
I promised you some important facts about stress during this stress awareness month. In my last blog I wrote about how stress cancels joy. Here are more very important facts: Stress in children is currently a largely unrecognized and untreated problem and is reaching epidemic proportions. This high level of stress is the trigger for [...]
When any of us thinks of parenting and education, we usually think of the way it has always been. We cannot do that anymore. Parents are now faced with having to update their parenting skills to ensure that their children will be ready for the huge challenges of the 21st century. Truth be told, we [...]
Here’s an illogical scenario. You discover you have a nail in one of your car’s tires which is causing it to leak air. You take it to the tire repair shop and ask them to leave the nail in the tire and instead do a temporary repair of some kind around the nail that will [...]
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