PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 In this series we will explore practical and effective strategies to encourage the development of resilience in our children. To read PART 1 CLICK HERE. Resilience is considered a key component for success due to the ability to overcome adversity and achieve one’s goals despite obstacles that…
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Raising Kids with True Grit: The Power of Resilience
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 There’s a topic that makes many educators and policy makers uncomfortable when it pops up. So of course, I’m going to jump right into to it today because our kids need for us to confront this hard work for their sake. One of the greatest fears parents…
The Parent Collective Part 3: Tell Them Who You Are!
This famous line from the very popular and highly successful movie Black Panther was a defining moment in the film. The lead character Prince T’Chala is facing what appears to be a humiliating defeat at the hands of a rival from a neighboring tribe. At the moment when it appears all is lost the Queen…
Parent Collective: Pool Those Resources!
If you’ve ever read the children’s story Stone Soup you understand the principle that no matter how little we may have individually, if we all add what we have together, it will be enough to go around.That same principle can be aptly applied to parents who join together to pool ideas, information and resources for…
Do You Need A Parent Collective?
🏝 Are you a preschool parent who feels like you’re marooned on Gilligan’s Island? _ 😩📝 Are you struggling to keep up with endless worksheets disguised as homework and stressing when your preschooler rebels? _ 😥 Do you find yourself unable to name one other parent in your child’s class? _ 📲 Do you wish…
Parent Power in Action
I came across a very interesting statistic the other day while researching the greatest concerns of preschool parents. While parents over all were concerned with issues like separation anxiety, transitions from home to school, their child’s abilities to get along and make friends, as well as academic expectations (in other words could they keep up),…
Collecting Memories Over Things Thru Family Travel
During my recent family vacations to Europe, as we hoped in and out of plans, trains and automobiles, I took some time to reflect on what travel has meant to me and my family. I remember a summer trip with my parents and 8 siblings from our home in Georgia to the nation’s capital, Washington,…
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Today is a wonderful day for many reasons. The celebration of the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. brings people from all walks of life together to reflect on the message he championed of continuing the work of breaking down the barriers that separate us to create a better world. My team and…
Your Children Will Take You Places You Never Dreamed You’d Go
My father used to say this to us years ago and weight of his words revisited me this past week as I toured northern Italy with my children and grandchildren. For those of you who tuned in last week, I shared my first impressions of arriving in Venice, the floating city. I was awestruck. I…
Making Christmas Count – Part 3
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 It didn’t work out for my husband and I to spend Christmas this year with our kids and their families. But one of the great things about being retired is that we can come and go as we please (and as our budget allows). So we spent a…
Making Christmas Count – Part 2
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 The Great Christmas Tree Hunt 🚙 🧔🏾 It all began with my Dad and a trip to my grandparents property which held a fairly good number of pine trees. We only had real trees for Christmas so the scent of that pine is firmly planted in my…
Making Christmas Count – Part 1
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 👩🏾👨🏾🦱👩🏽🦱🧒🏿👧🏽👩🏽🧔🏾🧑🏾👨🏾I come from a family of nine kids. Yes, that’s right. There were nine of us. Six girls and three boys. 🤵🏾👩🏽💼🙏🏾 I don’t know how my parents did it but with faith in God, hard work and lots of prayer we all made it out of…