The Number 1 reason most teens start drinking is surprisingly simple! If you effectively address this issue, you will resolve almost every concern you now have about the role drugs, sex and rock and roll (or hip-hop!) will play… and I will even help you do it. Q: So what is the reason? A: To…
IThis is a response to an article that I posted a link to on my facebook business page “Why geeks make better adults than the in-crowd”. It is based on a book called “Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth” by Alexandra Robbins. It has inspired me to make this commentary. As always, I hope you find…
Periodically but not infrequently, I get emails from other practitioners who find my site and want to collaborate or train with me. They read what I write on my website and find a parallel between what I am offering and what they either feel they are doing or what they want to be doing. Mentoring…
Help Save Our Kids From The “Find Your Passion” Dilemma For over a decade now, Passion is in Fashion. Similar to the “Happiness” movement that swept the self-help industry, it has become ubiquitous to talk about passion as something that is everyone’s birthright and simply must be found. (If you don’t know, in the year 2000…
This is a newsletter I sent out a year ago. The issue is even more prevalent now, and it will only continue to grow. You can download it on the next screen. …
A Peek Inside The Mind Of A Bully I’ve spent 25 years working with teens and young adults, helping them navigate the perils of the adolescent stage of life to grow into confident, centered adults. Along the way I’ve heard countless stories of bullying, mostly the girl to girl verbal kind, followed by the “pick…
Boyhood In Peril – The Battle To Raise Healthy, Thriving Boys Into Men in A Chaotic World Much has been written in the past decade about the troubled inner and outer lives of boys. The positions the ‘experts’ take vary between disturbing books on their damaged and wounded inner and emotional lives written by psychologists…
Being a teenager is enough to make you puke The following is a true story, with name changes to protect the guilty, and a few expletives toned down from R to PG 13, sort of. Jeremy is a 17 year old high school senior. He is, in many ways, typical of the kids I mentor.…
The following is a newsletter I recently wrote for the HeroPath For Teens™ Program that I run in the UK. Though it is written to teens, the message is relevant for all. . Are your parents nagging you too much? We can help. Occasionally, but not infrequently, we receive calls from concerned parents who share a…
This page is filled with links to articles I’ve published in Camping Magazine. Including my Award Winning series on 13 year olds in camps, and camps that dared to be different. As you read through these, you’ll notice they go the range from some “how-to” for training counselors, to exploring ideas that speak to Camp…