Myself, as well as many of my peers and close childhood friends, went through having our parents break up or get divorced while we were younger. In each situation, the parents were choosing to split for varying reasons and there were varying levels of difficulty for each of us. Some had parents who were very […]
Reading has been a cornerstone of human civilization for thousands of years. Without it, we would not be where we are today. How else would someone in pre-technology times pass on their thoughts, knowledge and valuable life lessons onto the next generation? Perhaps it was educational content meant to teach people the lessons the […]
Focus is right behind confidence in terms of help requests we get from parents. Kids have a hard time focusing much on anything, after all, especially the thing that they need to be doing when they’re told to do it. We have a lot of program-specific tactics we use in our martial arts classes, but we […]
When we talk to parents about their motive for bringing their child in to try out our programs, one of the #1 things we get asked about helping with is confidence. Parents often feel that their kiddo is too shy and they worry that this lack of self-esteem is going to cause them problems making friends and […]
There are several things we hope will come to pass for our children. We want them to be smart so they can be well-equipped to make decisions an separate good from bad. We want them to be creative so that they are able to solve problems and stand out amongst their peers. We want […]
It is no surprise to any adult that the world is a tough place to get by in. At times it is wonderful, but during other times it can feel like everything is going wrong all at the same time. As a parent, we want our children to understand this and be prepared to […]
The responsibilities of parents seem endless. Not only is there the responsibility of making sure a child grows up in a safe environment, but parents also must work to help their child develop good habits and development in the different areas of life. This includes their mental abilities, their emotional intelligence, their ability to […]
When I was younger, video games and cartoons were an incredibly large part of my life. I was the only child at home, and my school friends lived almost 20 minutes away by car, so I found social and mental stimulus almost entirely through the virtual worlds I explored on my Playstation. At the time, […]
Every weekend, a small group of family members comes to our home so that we can have dinner and play tabletop games together. It’s a practice that we started up last September and have carried on for a weekly basis since then (with a brief break around holiday time). For those of us at the […]
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