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New Years Resolutions

December 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Do you make New Year Resolutions? If so, what about? Losing weight. saving money.

I work at Starbucks and January is our slowest month of the year, probably because of a new years resolution to save money and lose weight.

Do you make resolutions about parenting? Being a better Listener? Being more consistent?

My blog about “loving to get high” generally focuses on your son or daughter. But a New Years Celebration is actually a good opportunity to evaluate your own history of “loving to get high”, if that even exists. Take an honest look at your own celebrations. College? Work parties? Family gatherings?

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Wonder and Excitement

December 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment

A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement.  It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.  ~Rachel Carson

The idea that we lose our capacity for wonder and excitement by the time our eyes dim in adulthood is a sad tragedy. It doesn’t need to be that way.

As a parent, we need to become curious about our teenagers life.

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Attachments

October 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Attachment: The mistaken belief system that I will not be happy without this particular thing or person. Antony De Mello

For a teen who loves to get high, this love equals happiness. The essence of this teen’s life, “Life sucks and getting high makes me happy”. Pretty simple, a no-brainer? Absolutely.

This Fall, “Education Nation” aired on N.B.C. and C.N.B.C.

National Leaders, Civic Groups, parents, politicians, teachers and teens addressed the crisis we are facing in education and the substantial loss in standing we have experienced World wide. It seems as though everything was considered, when it came to the problem and the solution. Except on thing.

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Things Our Kids Want and Need

May 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

I’ve created a list of things that our sons and daughters want and need.

Acceptance, Adventure, Affection, Affluence, Appreciation, Belonging, Bliss, Boldness, Care, Cleverness, Confidence, Connection, Control, Coolness, Courage, Curiosity, Desire, Determination, Devotion, Dignity, Discovery, Ecstasy, Encouragement, Energy, Enjoyment, Entertainment, Enthusiasm, Experience, Fairness, Fame, Family, Fashion, Freedom, Fun, etc.

This is a partial “List of Values” important to our kids. It includes A-F, only 6 of the 26 letters in the alphabet. As short as this list is, it speaks volumes about their emotional wants and needs.

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Dying To Have a Good Time!

April 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment

In five short days, eleven people died on Minnesota Highways, eight of them teenagers. It would be of no surprise if the teen drivers were under the influence of alcohol or another drug, but they weren’t. But intoxication was not far away. In the accident that caused 6 0f the deaths, the passengers had been drinking. They were having a party.

Loving to get high is more than just being under the influence, it’s all about the thrill of the moment, no matter the consequences.

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