Tips & tools for you & your family
Routine. It’s a dull sounding word isn’t it? I beg to differ. In fact I would argue routine frees us up to have a more remarkable lives. Take Mark Zuckerberg. Same grey t-shirt and blue jeans, day-in, day-out, and looks where it’s got him! But whilst his success with Facebook has a [bit] more to … Continued
I’m not only the father of two girls, 12 and 16, but I’ve also been an elementary school teacher for the past nineteen years. Yesterday I was in the staff workroom making copies for next week’s lessons when I heard another teacher trying to get control of her classroom: “5…4…3…2…1…0”. The class hadn’t responded. So, … Continued
Hi everyone, Spring renewal. The perfect time to try something a little different! And the perfect time to get YOUR perspective on this “screen time thing”! I’d be over the moon if you could just take two minutes to tell me about your situation and your single biggest challenge when it comes to managing Digital … Continued
“Whether you are a parent or not, carving out time to turn off your devices, to disconnect from the wired world and engage with the real people who are all around you, is one of the best gifts you can give yourself and the people you love.” – Alan Brown Back in 2015, Habyts hosted … Continued
Why reward your kids? Rewards help motivate and inspire. They provide positive reinforcement for good behaviour while helping encourage your child to complete a difficult task. Rewards are recognition for a job well done. And while descriptive praise and attention are the most effective form of reward a parent can offer a child, tangible rewards such as an activity … Continued
When my son was younger, he played on a basketball team with a group of athletes who were more interested in playing for their individual glory than for the glory of the team. Over and over again, the coach would chew them out for their individualistic attitudes. Each time, they’d come out and play unselfishly … Continued
Its’s weird, but although science tells me that my daughters are growing everyday, in my mind, they stay one age for maybe six to nine months at a time. Then, without warning, they make the leap to the new age, and there they stay for another half year or so. Of course, everyone else sees … Continued
One of the first habits I noticed in myself when my first child hit toddlerhood was a tendency to become angry. Anxiety, sadness, frustration – potential precursors to anger – were too quickly covered by anger, then feeling angry. I differentiate between feeling anger and feeling angry because there’s a small space in which the … Continued
Delayed gratification is not something that comes naturally to young children, sometimes even teens. And, if we are being completely honest with ourselves, many of us adults struggle with it as well. We know that if we exercise and eat right, in a few months we’ll have the bodies we want. Yet, since we don’t … Continued
I struggle with helping others out financially. Don’t get me wrong; I do it, but it’s not easy. I have to conduct a little self-talk to convince myself that I’ll be okay to donate ten bucks to the local elementary school’s jog-a-thon, that the man on the street asking for a buck for a cup … Continued