Dare to Dad
Dare to Dad
Kids Are Great Bullshit Detectors
The first thing I had to be honest about with my kids – was me. When Lisa and I began to do the work of raising our family… I wasn’t very honest. I mean, I wasn’t a pathological liar, but the truth was I went to work and called myself a leader. I even went […]
Continue readingBe Kind To Yourself. Others Are Counting On It.
Lisa and I went to a fundraiser for our school district. Our community’s intention this year is to #BeKind. I started to think… what did that mean to me as an adult? And as a leader in this community? How could I tune in, listen and be kind to others around me?? It is […]
Continue readingDo We Have To Be Friends With Everybody?
Lisa’s mom made her invite EVERYONE to her grade school birthday parties. That’s just the way it was… but as Lisa and I talked about raising our kids, we asked, do our kids HAVE to be friends with everyone? What we came up with is NO. They don’t. And our role is to guide them— […]
Continue readingHave You Given Up On Your Dreams?
When you were little, what did you dream about? I ask my coaching clients this question and you would be surprised to hear that almost always, a handful of them don’t answer. Why? Who knows… maybe they forgot, or they’re too embarrassed to share or worse – they simply just gave up. That last one […]
Continue reading3 Steps To Teaching Your Kids The Power of Delayed Gratification
I believe that you cannot change someone, ever. But what you can do, is move the needle. In our family – we’ve got 5 kids with 5 different personalities which entail different parenting techniques. Three of our kids crave Instant Gratification while the other two are more Delayed Gratification. And none of them are right […]
Continue readingHow Do You Hold Your Kids Accountable?
Once we established ownership in our family, we knew that we had to DO something as parents. We had to hold them accountable. But to what? And how? And what is accountability? All great questions to wrestle as we led our emerging family of 5 kiddos into the outside world. When you state your Mission/Vision/Values […]
Continue readingAre You Raising Entitled Kids?
“No one ever takes their rental car to the carwash. They don’t own it.” I heard this quote at a leadership conference years ago. It never really resonated until I had kids. That is, when it really hit home. I think responsibility is learned through discipline. To be honest, I needed to learn responsibility to […]
Continue readingDid You Know We Die Two Deaths? What Will Be Your Legacy?
When we die, we die two deaths. First, we physically die and leave this Earth. Then, the last time someone says our name or tells our story is the moment our second death occurs. In our family, we intentionally tell stories about us, each other and our ancestors so that we can extend the possibility […]
Continue reading3 Steps Towards A Great Family Vacation
This is a good time NOW. I teach this stuff for a living. And this past week, Lisa and I took time to stop and say… this is a good time NOW. We only get our kids at home with us for a short time. Once the hustle and bustle of the early baby years […]
Continue readingCan You Accept That LOVE Is The Answer?
Guys, I want to share some amazing things that happened to me over these past 2 weeks. I want to share how my intentional interaction with about 15 adults, 9 boys and 12 girls has led me on this amazing journey of finding more love. At the end of February, I went to Jamaica with […]
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