My counselors
I was a bad fit at school. Life at home wasn’t always a breeze either. So, when I was nine, I started seeing the school counselor. She was a young …
Category: Childhood
The sandcastle
I was at the park yesterday. A young boy was hard at work sculpting a sandcastle, until his mother called: “Time to go home, dear.” “No, I wanna stay longer.” …
One thing I know about kids
is that they’re very forgiving of their parents’ mistakes. They’ll let most things slide, if it means they can go back to being a happy family. If a child doesn’t …
Programming advice
As a parent, you’re in charge of your child’s initial programming. You’re inevitably going to screw something up. You’re only human. That’s why the most important feature you can program …
Tough love
On the issue of raising children, I believe in tough love. But there’s more to that concept than “be tough, but for loving reasons”. The way I see it, the …
The most harmful misconception
is that the harshest truths of life must be taught harshly. The opposite is true. We should reserve our warmest, tenderest love for those we teach of death, cruelty, and …