Save Your Breath!

Chat up line of conversation that has been swirling about for as long as violent video games have existed:  The harm they do to the growing minds of children.  Repetition of good activities yields good results.  Repetition of violent activities yields confrontation, belligerence, aggressiveness, etc. per The Palo Alto Medical Foundation (and me). Let’s see [...]

I did a blog yesterday as a matter of closure to this recent conversation about corporeal punishment and the effects it has on the brains of children.  Just want to comment further on that by saying that we can ease the entire situation in broad strokes with ‘forgiveness’ and ‘gratitude’.  Forgiving our parents for being [...]

This video inspired by Nathalie Villeneuve of ‘Nathalie & Hugh.com, Health, Wealth & Happiness Consultants’ is about Multitasking and Procrastination.  These two items are at the opposite ends of the ‘get it done’ spectrum. My recent video named ‘Do It now’ addresses procrastination at it’s core.  Simply stated, if you train you kids to respond [...]

Training kids to multitask is something that has been proven to be, not only inefficient, but also a detriment to our health.  In the past and for quite some long time multitasking has been regarded as THE thing to be able do.  It seems to make sense that if you can do one thing in [...]

What is the importance of having your kids ‘do it now’ when you ask them to so something? Doing it now trains them to respond in the moment.  Responding in the moment sets them up for success in their eventual academic and professional endeavors. They’ be auto-responsive to deadlines set for educational and professional assignments.  [...]

Pressure of all kinds gets us down. The exertion of force (pressure) upon and from our minds cause many a health crisis, many deaths. Dealing with pressure, for lots of parents, is a full time activity. This heaviness can pass from us to our kids if we are not careful. Social pressure (a term I [...]

Do parents generally lose sleep at night over the same things? i.e. Finances, College Education for the kids, Training, Discipline, Helping kids cope with peer pressure, Education…  I think it a good idea for us to vent together and offer solutions to each other!  An old African proverb states that it ‘takes a village’ to [...]

One of the reasons my Save Your Breath CD exists is because the requesting of my son to do his part to maintain the cleanliness and/or order of his room and/or himself was constant.  I understand it.  I remember being a kid and thinking cleanliness and order was something adults worried (needlessly) over. You and [...]

Parents!  Discipline your children! This is part of #10 of 20 Tips to a Better Relationship with your Teen, though this applies to all age groups.  You are not their friend!  Keep parental status! If you don’t discipline them, society will.  Is that what you want? Stop in the moment of the transgression and make [...]

#18 of 20 Tips…. ‘Teach them how to cope with difficulty.  Your spiritual practice is key.’  This tip suggests YOU know how to cope with your own difficulties.  I’ll venture to say you do but if you don’t, I’ll share some of my experience. It was very helpful to me to look for and get [...]