I’ve been reading this great book, a real-life love story called The Motion of the Ocean by Janna Cawrse. It’s the story of a now-married couple, the journey it took them to get there and the adventure of abandoning their lives for a 17,000 mile sail around the Pacific Ocean in a leaky boat. I’m …
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Those souls wishing to question the power of praise, should try it out on any random group of children. The following scene is set at the preschool my wife and I ran together until the final week of last December. One dozen children are sitting around a long oval table, waiting for delivery of their …
Continue reading Why We Should Praise Our ChildrenI just came back from having a few drinks with a close friend. We didn’t know each other five years ago – we met when our oldest children were in kindergarten together – and have managed to build a strong friendship since then. It always amazes me how difficult it is to form close friendships …
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