“If you conquer yourself, then you conquer the world.” - Paulo Coelho Forget flying, super-strength or being invisible. In a culture of...

“Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” - John F. Kennedy Societal divisions are on display everywhere, and...

“The stories we tell about ourselves reveal ourselves, construct ourselves, and sustain ourselves through time.” - Kate McLean et al....

“Connections between generations are essential for the mental health and stability of a nation." - Margaret Mead In our society today,...

“The intelligent desire self-control; children want candy.” - Rumi Many parents are invested in helping support their children achieve...

“Memories warm you up from the inside.” – Haruki Murakami Since first coined by a Swiss doctor in the 17th-century, the meaning of the...

Nine hours a day. That’s how much time adolescents are said to be engaged every day with digital media. Over 60 hours a week. It’s the...

“It is our nature to conform; it is a force which not many can successfully resist. What is its seat? The inborn requirement of...

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” - Helen Keller There’s been so much tragedy and...

If the goal is success - in anything really - few qualities are more valuable than resourcefulness. The power layered within this...

“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the...

“Forgiveness is the answer to the child’s dream of a miracle … what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.” -...

“There is no growth without change; no change without loss; and no loss without pain. And that’s grief.” - Pastor Rick Warren We know...

“Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have.” - Robert Holden Connected 24/7 The average...

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving...

Your Friends are Your Future Study after study confirms how seriously we are influenced by the people around us. So powerful the impact...

“…perhaps the greatest educational problem of today is how to teach people to ignore the irrelevant, how to refuse to know things, before...

“There’s a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It’s not something you can give; it’s something they have to build.”...

“A person’s maturity consists in having found again the seriousness one had as a child, at play.” - Friedrich Nietzsche Some people seem...

“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” - Anatole France During the pandemic, American pet ownership...

“High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.” – Charles Kettering Our expectations are the stories we tell...

“We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open.” – Harry Edwards As parents, we have an opportunity to help encourage big...

Global pandemic. Racial Injustice. Shaken job market and economy. Times like these can jolt us from comfort zones and shift our...

“Maturity doesn’t come with age…maturity begins with the acceptance of responsibility for our words, our thoughts, our motives, our...

“Your habits will determine your future.” – Jack Canfield Habits are routine ways of thinking or behaving, often reinforced by a reward...

“Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” – Betty Friedan By the year 2050, a full 22% of the U.S....

For students, teachers, and parents, unwillingly swept up in the giant remote learning experiment during COVID, what worked for some...

“If we really want children to grow into independent and resourceful adults, we should stop pouring their milk as soon as they have...

“Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.” – Nicholas M. Butler Optimism is the...

“Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.” - Malachy McCourt If you’re gunning for revenge, don’t feel...

The layers that make up our individual personalities develop early in life. Personality researcher Dan McAdams of at Northwestern...

“Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.” – Maria Montessori From schoolwork and physical fitness, to chores and...

“The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic.” - Henry Ward Beecher Pets and children With children or without,...

Creativity is the capacity to come up with original and valuable ideas – both in creative expression but also in advancing personal...

“You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.” – John Steinbeck Empathy is the foundation of close connection and for our...

“A reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, well-being, spirit, and survival.” - Richard Louv Don’t let the...

“What does not kill me, makes me stronger.” - Friedrich Nietzsche Call it adversity or trauma, challenging times, or a plain old raw...

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.” - Joseph Campbell When we are truly authentic, we aren’t trying to be someone or...

“The trouble is, you think you have time.” – Buddha Time plays an essential role in life. So much of what we do is measured by it. It’s...

Children are infamous for their shameless distortion and unapologetic indifference to time. Not yet ruled by the clock and calendar, any...

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind...

“Don't create, or produce, or discover -- just buy. Never save, never invest, never cut back -- just...

"The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence." - Robert J. Shiller Of all the...