Archive for 'Behavior'

Youth is Wasted on the YoungLa juventud se desperdicia en los jóvenes

Posted 06 August 2009 | By | Categories: Behavior | 12 Comments

       I watched this video this afternoon, and I realized that Craig Ferguson, although a comedian, is absolutely right.  We are living in a society that idolized youth (American Idol).  Speaking of American Idol, does anybody remember a few years ago when Taylor Hicks won the thing?  He was something on the order [...]

Kids and BulliesNiños y bravucones acosadores

Posted 03 August 2009 | By | Categories: Behavior | 16 Comments

”We find that bullies have a strong need to control others.  Their need to be dominant masks an underlying fear that they are not in control, and they mask the sense of inadequacy by being a bully.”  – Dr. Lochman, Duke University Medical School. We all know a bully or two.  We dealt with them [...]

When in Rome — Adapt

Posted 30 July 2009 | By | Categories: Behavior | 12 Comments

  My family and I have been on the road for almost three weeks; and, in that time, our routine has been thrown entirely out of whack.  Eating patterns, sleep schedules, school routines – they have all just gone right out the window.  When we began the trip I tried to maintain some semblance of [...]

Good Kids

Posted 27 July 2009 | By | Categories: Behavior | 22 Comments

   Children have minds of their own.  They do inexplicable things and, at times, they are frustratingly incompetent.  But kids are supposed to be that way.  They aren’t supposed to know to write code, bake a four layer cake, or know what a limited slip differential is.  Youngsters are ignorant of many things, and they [...]

Playgroups: Dads, Just Say No.

Posted 20 July 2009 | By | Categories: Behavior | 9 Comments

One of the first things I investigated when I started being a stay at home parent were playgroups.  My kids were two years old and six months old.  Playgroups seemed to be all the rage.  They still are.  Unfortunately, as I thought, they were not for me.  See, I am a man, and these groups are [...]

Fail for GrowthFracaso y crecimiento

Posted 05 July 2009 | By | Categories: Behavior | 16 Comments

   I don’t like to see my kids fail.  But they do.  Their feelings on the matter are what will either guide them to success or see them struggle later in life.  What we can do as parents is to teach our kids that failure is healthy.  Parents should impart a few eternal truths about [...]

Let My People GoCosas que explotan

Posted 04 July 2009 | By | Categories: Behavior | 8 Comments

   Boys like things that go “boom”.  They delight in being implements of destruction, facilitators of collapse.  They love playing with swords, guns, boxing gloves, maces, crossbows, rocket launchers, tanks, and air-craft carriers – preferably the real thing.  Boys play with dangerous things and involve themselves in reckless activities.  There is a good reason why [...]

Losing One’s Self to ParentingPerdiéndote en la paternidad

Posted 02 July 2009 | By | Categories: Behavior | 11 Comments

      Before my wife and I had kids we had lives – I had a life.  I had friends, attended public events, and even traveled.  Our lives have undergone a remarkable change, mine more so than hers.  At first I was too lost in the novelty of parenting to care that my everyday activities [...]

Free-Range Kids

Posted 17 June 2009 | By | Categories: Behavior | 11 Comments

   I talked about this a bit in the past, about kids having the freedom to make their own mistakes.  This week I found a book called “Free-Range Kids”.  The following article is a brief synopsis of the book and is what has really sparked my interest in this subject.   There is an emerging [...]

Potty Training the Kids

Posted 16 June 2009 | By | Categories: Behavior | 4 Comments

I am not an expert potty trainer for all kids because I don’t think there is such a thing.  I’m pretty sure it’s not anything like the dog whisperer.  What I do know is that I got lucky and both my kids accomplished it with minimal travail.  I dealt with the occasional accident in public and [...]

Making Friends and Avoiding CliquesHaciendo amigos y evitando grupos exclusivos

Posted 11 June 2009 | By | Categories: Behavior | 9 Comments

We raise our kids in our own image.  Our dreams for them are to grow into better versions of ourselves.  It’s pretty much the only way we know how to parent, and that’s what we do.  They’ll eventually be molded into close approximations of us because we teach them our values and the things that [...]