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Do You Praise Your Children?

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            What do we say when our babies take their first steps, when our son ties his shoelaces  by himself,  when our middle schooler passes a tough math exam? Wouldn’t you say, “Good job!”? I hope so!  There is joy in taking pleasure in our children’s accomplishments.              However, in addition to that, have you […]

A Letter to a Younger Me

I was reading an article where former National Hockey Player and Toronto Maple Leaf, Doug Gilmour wrote a letter to a younger self. I liked the perspective of writing from wisdom and experience to a younger and less experienced you. I hadn’t though of the article in quite an extended period of time, when I […]