There are a million different ways to motivate young people. Incentives like candy and screen time tend to work wonders on younger kids, while money, video games, or even time with friends tend to work on teens. The issue is, eventually reward based motivation stops working. So how do we keep our kids motivated at school?
“You’ll bruise your peach!” – Protecting the Innocent from Losing their Innocence
I still remember the first time I heard it. My wife Meghan and I were just dating at the time. We were cruising in the car, windows down, jamming to a killer mixed CD that I had written all over with a sharpie. The weather was hot and she was looking even hotter in the... Continue Reading →
Don’t Be a Tool – Give a Tool!
What’s the old running joke; the only experience kids have with tools now days is getting yelled at for not holding the flashlight in the right spot? Unfortunately, I think that’s more a joke for Millenials, and less of a joke now for Gen Z and Gen Alpha. In the latter’s case, many of them... Continue Reading →
High Fives – The key building block of Boyhood Identity?
"Way to go! I'm so proud of you!" "Awesome job!" "You're so talented!" One of the most critical, yet underrated characteristics of healthy human growth is self-confidence. Being able to face the challenges of life with a sense of confidence in yourself and your abilities is the base determiner of how you will handle the... Continue Reading →