Blame Yourself—Or No One
A few weeks ago, there was a fascinating piece about the controversial NFL receiver Antonio Brown. Of course, anything about Antonio Brown is fascinating—his behavior in the last several months has co...
10 Feb 20202min
Your Expectations Are A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
The writer Thomas Sowell once noted, sardonically, how sad it is that editions of Frederick Douglass’s memoirs, when provided for high school students, were forced to provide annotated definitions of ...
7 Feb 20202min
What’s The Contract You Have With Your Kids?
In 2009, after winning two National Championships as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team, Urban Meyer stunned the nation by announcing his retirement. The self-admitted workaholic, Meye...
6 Feb 20203min
Don't Wait To Be Proud
It’s a story as old as fatherhood itself. The son or daughter kills themselves to win the approval of their dad, which never seems to come. There is pain, resentment, bewilderment. I have worked so ha...
5 Feb 20202min
You’re Too Old To Act Out
When our kids mess up we say: Aren’t you a little old for that? And we have all sorts of rules of thumb for what things are age appropriate or not—what age they should stop having accidents, what age ...
4 Feb 20202min
How To Teach Them This Essential Value
Pretty much every parent wants to raise kids who turn out to be good people. Almost no father thinks: I’d love for my son to be rich, but awful. Or I’d love for my daughter to be famous, but vapid and...
3 Feb 20203min
Get Rid of Your Preconceived Notions
One of the things Napoleon advised his generals against was “forming a picture” of the battle. What he meant was that your preconceived notions, your predictions, were a dangerous liability in somethi...
31 Jan 20202min
You Must Engage With The Slime
Rules and regulations are important. A child needs to learn what behaviors are acceptable and which ones are not. They need structure and guidance. They need to learn about responsibility and accounta...
30 Jan 20203min
