I had a friend recently ask me if I thought she should make her son finish out the baseball season when he wanted to quit. Here’s my 2 cents … I believe that children should complete a season or set of lessons if they have already signed up. Developing a strong work...Making mistakes can be detrimental to children when they don’t know how to handle them. It can lead to feelings of guilt, shame, and embarrassment which, in turn, can create an underlying belief system of unworthiness – destroying self-esteem and self-confidence. As... Did you know that teaching your kids how to make chocolate chip cookies can help kids develop self-confidence? That’s right. Any time your kids have an opportunity to learn something new and to create something exciting it builds self-confidence. And what...In the last article, we talked about the dangers of comparison because it can lead to a mindset of constant judgment. We discussed that when kids see themselves as “better than” others, it creates arrogance and entitlement and can lead to conceitedness, bullying, and...Have you ever watched young children at play? They are completely uninhibited. They laugh, dance, sing, and cry without regard to what other people think. Two babies enjoy each other without noticing the differences between them – they are pure love, light, and...In the last article, we talked about three warning signs that your child might be developing a fear of failure. This was just the tip of the iceberg in discussing this topic. The word “failure” has very negative connotations in American culture – some people...
