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Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education. – Martin Luther King, Jr. It is one of

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of

Research supports that children will thrive if they have just one positive role model. Kids are not necessarily trouble makers.

Our culture is permeated with parenthood myths such as the one of being able to escape the adolescent stage of

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old

First, Let’s Define Peer Pressure Peer pressure is easily defined. It is that compelling influence to act or look like

The ugly reality is that peer pressure reaches its greatest intensity at just the age when kids tend to be

This time in our history with COVID-19 and this time in my life with my husband’s illness help me to

As mentioned in the previous blog, “It’s easier to build a child than to repair an adult.” Yet, we are

While we are doing this repair work for ourselves, as school counselors, we can help our children and teenagers do