Dear Granddaddy, how do I keep my children on the right path? Daria. Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_FsVk4uEgc Well, Daria, that’s a very good question. First, I would say to make sure you’re spending a lot of time with every one of your children. Please, [...]
Dear Granddaddy, why have boys fallen behind girls in U.S. education? Macey. Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B64F9-mZdAA Well, Macey, I remember when I graduated from the University of Hartford in 1995. I was shocked by how outnumbered I was by the females. I figured that [...]
Dear Granddaddy, is being a teacher different than you thought it would be? Mary-former student. Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws_ES-pIYj8 Yes! Like everyone else, I had been a k-12 student, so I thought I knew what teaching was all about. In college, I closely watched [...]
Dear Granddaddy, what is society robbing young people of? Paul. Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr5DIKE7BH0 Direction, freedom, happiness, and strong adult figures, Paul. Let me explain. In some countries, young people don’t have a period of adolescence. Young people go straight from childhood to adulthood. [...]
Dear Granddaddy, what’s something you’re glad you taught yourself? Caesar. Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3DitA1uT2U Well, Caesar, I can think of a few things I taught myself that I’m glad about. Things that I’m happy that I now know how to do, or at least [...]
Dear Granddaddy, why do we need to grow up? Nancy- teen. Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYMIDDkTpFQ Wow! That’s a very good question, Nancy. It sounds like you don’t really want to grow up. And I can’t blame you because sometimes I don’t really want to [...]
Dear Granddaddy, how do you build self-esteem? Brett- mother. Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPZlVnyWY0E Well, Brett, I’d think your love and close relationship with your kids will build their self-esteem. Just knowing you love them will give them comfort and help them to trust that [...]
Dear Granddaddy, what is the best advice, you as an adult, can give me a teenager? Alex Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O25LYgspa3I Well, Alex, a wise old man once told me this valuable piece of advice that I’m now going to pass on to you. [...]
Dear Granddaddy, what happens to ungrateful children when they become adults? Linda- mother of an ungrateful child. Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU2jUnJ2qZQ&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=87 Well, Linda, we know that this big world can be unforgiving. We also know how good our kids have it under our roofs. [...]