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A Parent’s Most Powerful Weapon Against Drugs And Risky Behavior

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Feb 17 0

youths drinking and drivingEighty-seven degrees in the heart of winter

What is it that makes you live on an island paradise under the Caribbean sun, yet never go to the beach for three years?  That’s the question I was pondering yesterday looking out at the shimmering sea under clean blue skies with no clouds.

I can give you a dozen easy answers to the question, but I won’t.  They’re already sounding trite inside my head.  I can tell you for certain what made me appreciate the beach all the more, once I arrived there though.« Continue »

Why Some Children Don’t Work In School (Pt. 10)

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Jan 4 0

Of youth, parenting, teachers, and education Over the years working with youth-workers from many institutions, and educators in many schools, several themes kept coming up. Listening to the principal of the middle school out in the Caribbean islands talk about educational challenges is remarkable in its resemblance to a chat with the manager of the [...]

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Why Some Children Don’t Work In School (Pt. 9)

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Dec 28 0

Rita looked up at the two adults staring at Mommy. Mommy’s jaw dropped too. Emptiness.  It meant nothing. They were people she knew walking around in some corner of her life. None of them seemed to care that  her family was falling apart, not even her mother.  All they cared about was stupid school-grades. The [...]

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Why Some Children Don’t Work In School (Pt. 8)

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Dec 21 0

Danny tried to swallow.  Nothing.  The heat rushed to his head and there was the sudden, familiar sensation of a scent from inside his own nostrils, then the heat flared behind it somewhere in his head.  Here we go again.  His fingertips dug into his palm. Then he closed his eyes for a second and [...]

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Why Some Children Don’t Work In School (Pt. 7)

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Dec 14 2

Gilbert’s mother destroyed his school career. He was only eight years old; athletic and strong as an ox. He was my best friend; the kindest, gentlest person I had ever met. He kept the class bully off my back…just because he couldn’t stand to see my skinny frame thrown around by someone twice my size.  [...]

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Why Some Children Don’t Work In School (Pt. 6)

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Nov 22 0

Miss Gallego was in danger of losing her child and she knew it. That empty feeling of dread inside her belly was tugging at her day and night by the time she came to see me. She had seen it coming…like some horrible nightmare she couldn’t keep away at night.  It didn’t happen overnight. But [...]

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Why Some Children Don’t Work In School (Pt. 5)

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Nov 2 1

How do you motivate children to do well in school? Let’s pretend we’re paint on the wall of someone’s home and looking at this story as it unfolds. Johnny’s story Dad is standing over his 14-year-old son, Johnny.  Johnny has his school-bag on the floor beside his chair.  Sitting on the table is a letter [...]

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Why Some Children Don’t Work In School (Pt. 4)

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Sep 28 0

Your child’s grades are slipping. This isn’t a parent’s worst nightmare. It’s not even close. So Why is this feeling of dread spreading through the pit of your stomach?  You’ve been around long enough to know you can’t whack a problem like this in the head to make it go away. Your son has the [...]

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Why Some Children Don’t Work In School (Pt. 3)

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Sep 7 2

Once upon a time there were two girlfriends in a classroom. If one came under attack, they always stood together. But by themselves, there was always a rift between them.  The first one, let’s call her Sue, never paid any attention to her school work. She just didn’t seem to be interested in any of [...]

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Why Some Children Don’t Work In School (Pt. 2)

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Aug 24 2

We have work to do. Just the other day, I sat with a group of highly experienced and effective teachers. We were discussing the role of parental involvement in education, and whether or not it was adequate, and what to do about it.

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