Naturally Confident Kids

It has occurred to me for quite a while that the notion of “parenting” and how it is acted out in today’s society is a bit ‘off’ from being the real “guardians” that I speculate we really intended to be for the young ones in our lives.

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Is your child a Star Kid?

This may be a bit ‘out there’ for some of you… but I received an interesting letter today from my friend Dr. Richard Boylan, that I thought you might find interesting too.

I know that as evolving Beings we have recently experienced a bump in our evolution that is becoming more and more evident, especially in the children born within the past five years. So if you, too, notice some unusual things going on with your young child, and find yourself wondering if it’s just typical of their age… you might want to consider the idea that it is so much more than that.

Here’s a recent letter Richard received from a parent:

I get letters all the time from bewildered parents. I thought I’d share a typical letter, and my reply, with you. Richard Boylan, Ph.D.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 6:42 PM
To: drboylan@sbcglobal.net
Subject: How do I know he’s a Star Kid?
I am writing you to tell you a little about my son, Chase.  He recently started displaying some strange/unusual behaviors after a non-life-threatening fall where he fractured the first vertebrae of his neck.

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How to talk to kids

I’ve been watching a fairly new program on Sunday nights on CBS… it’s called Undercover Boss. If you’re unfamiliar with the show it’s one of those ‘reality’ things where the President or CEO of a major company, spends a week ‘undercover’ working a variety of jobs within their company at various locations.

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Love – it can’t be bullied!

Bullying… what exactly does it mean? The dictionary shows us an amazing range of definitions for ‘bully‘, from ‘sweetheart’ to ‘brute’, so let’s just say for our purposes here we’ll define it as: “intentional tormenting in physical, verbal or psychological ways.”

Though bullying hardly seems like a subtle thing, the signs can be hard to detect so many parents wonder, “How can I help my child?”, “What are the signs my child is being bullied?” and above all, “How can I protect my child to keep them from being bullied?”

These are wonderful questions because we know that being bullied can have deep consequences in a child, affecting how he develops relationships… and perhaps most importantly, his perception of himself.