By Patrick
Not paying attention to parenting conversations may mean you pay your kids to do work around the hosue
Friday, April 16th, 2010Pay attention to parenting conversations and you may not have to pay for chores.
This whole parenting thing takes rigor and attention to detail. I must admit there have been times when I am far too ADHD to stay completely focused.
I was reminded of this recently when I reflected on a conversation with my teen [...]
Helicopter Parents and the question “Is parenting just one big roudning error anyway?”
Monday, March 29th, 2010 Parenting—Is It All Just A Big Rounding Error
I look around and I see the “helicopter parents” hovering over their children as if they are going to clean up “little Johnnie’s” spilled milk before it even hits the ground.
I know a mom who still cuts up and feeds with a fork; her five year [...]
TMZ.Sports will change the world! But who really cares?
Monday, March 22nd, 2010TMZ.Sports will change the world! But who really cares?
Is TMZ publicly traded?
If so, I will buy some stock as they are going to shake things up!
They have now launched tmz.sports (http://www.tmz.com/category/tmzsports/) and they are going to change the world of sports as we know it!
Perhaps not for the [...]
Monday, March 15th, 2010
BLENDED FAMILIES ARE A REAL CHALLENGE
How hard is it to elegantly pull off BLENDED FAMILIES?
It is not easy to blend families; as a matter of fact it can be downright messy! I am reminded of the old SNL “BASSOMATIC” skit.
Hell it isn’t all that easy [...]
Why you shouldn’t praise kids for being smart
Monday, March 8th, 2010Why you shouldn’t praise kids for being smart.
I’ve been reading Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book “What The Dog Saw” and came across, what I thought was a pretty interesting lesson. As I have written before, I am a fan of his writing and have learned something about life (or myself) in each of his books [...]
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Taking a Lesson Learned in The Business World to Parenting
Posted by PatrickTalley
…i work in the energy sector…this year has been tough economically for that sector…
…it has caused many companies to shift attention from previous objectives…when the economy is going great guns and all is flush—companies have a tendancy to focus on what is urgent as [...]
Talking to your kids about dating and relationships
Monday, February 15th, 2010Talking to your kids about dating and relationships
Frankie Ortega with the Chonicle proposed an interesting question on momhouston.com recently. She asked what do you say to your child after their first break-up.
I can vividly remember those conversations with my kiddos.
The conversations that I had with my kiddos may not be exactly what the therapists [...]