This is a tough time to be compassionate. Our national conversation has devolved from a debate of ideas to a zero-sum competition fueled by contempt and personal attack. Our individual connections are being eroded by devices that keep us connected in a strange, abstract way, but deny us true human connection. Increasingly, we are finding […]
Emotion
It’s Time to Celebrate Your Child’s Failure!
In a series of articles on cultivating grit in your child, I discussed the concept of growth vs. fixed mindset theory. Boiled to its essence, this theory tells us that when a person is presented with a difficult task, they often see the challenge in one of two ways–either it is an opportunity to learn, […]
You Don’t Know How To Get Into Cold Water!
I love Barton Springs pool and as I get older, I appreciate the cold water more and more. One of my favorite ways to start a morning is meditation and a hard workout followed by a dip in that cold water. It soothes my bones and aching muscles, and it reduces inflammation. Barton Springs maintains […]
Is Your Child Too Safe? (part three)
In my last two articles, we explored how efforts to keep children safe have undermined opportunities for kids to engage in risk and danger. As a result, they are being denied experience essential to developing confidence and good judgment. In this article, we’ll look at healthy risk-taking activities that you can provide your child. For […]
Is Your Child Too Safe? (part two)
This article is part of a series on this topic. If you would like to start at the beginning, click here. Risk Taking Is Essential for Learning and Future Success I was a pretty mediocre student growing up. I could understand most of the material, but did a poor job when it came to doing […]
Is Your Child Too Safe? (part one)
Austin’s traffic is pretty bad. And it only promises to get worse. Density is increasing without the infrastructure to keep up with it. Thanks to our handheld devices, that density is being confounded by distraction. There is an intersection near TMAA that regularly has very serious accidents. Several times a week, the lights of emergency […]