Friday, January 25, 2019

Do As I Say...

How do you feel about name calling and bullying? Working at an elementary school I come across it often and this is the age when we work on teaching children that it's not okay to do. But what do you do when it's an adult doing the name calling and/or bullying, someone in the public's eye? How do you then enforce with young ones that this behavior is not okay? It ends up being, "Do as I say, not what THEY do". How do you explain that the person your child looks up to or even someone you admire is wrong in their actions or behaviors? This is becoming more common with all the access to social media and the disconnect between what is written on a screen vs. what is said face to face.

Skeletons In The Closet

My daughter did All-star cheer a few years ago. She was on a co-ed team with three other guys, two that had very strong egos and one who was...