Dear Granddaddy, why does my son listen to his father more than me? Janice C. - frustrated mom. Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XYPNaKe4fY&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=30 Janice, it’s been said millions of times in millions of different ways that a boy needs a father figure. Heck, there was [...]
Dear Granddaddy, why do people have to bully? Janice. – angry high school student. Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCQSoZ8aO0c&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=29 Janice, I don’t blame you for a single second about being indignant. Everyone should be well aware of the perils of bullying by now. At this [...]
Dear Granddaddy, I’m seeing teachers drop like flies. We can’t seem to keep young teachers, and we can’t seem to get new ones fast enough to fill the holes. Sean D- a concerned educator. Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJmNaQq8KJg&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=28 It’s scary when I talk to [...]
Dear Granddaddy, I don’t understand why we have to do a Capstone Project to graduate high school. Alyana Z. – high school student. Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubUNxcv_ZmA&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=27 Alyana, I hear you loud and clear. As a matter of fact, as a high school teacher [...]
Dear Granddaddy, why are teachers going on strike? Leo T. – concerned citizen Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byfWHsw5Ra4&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=26 Leo, thanks for taking your valuable time to ask about this very important matter. What’s happening in our schools across the country is not obvious to people [...]
Dear Granddaddy, why do my parents keep pressuring me to go to prom? Prom really isn’t my scene. James F. – high school student Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSe5mIu2SaM&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=25 James, as a schoolteacher and a parent, I have some experience with kids who wonder if [...]
Dear Granddaddy, my daughter is always complaining. Frank D. – A worried single-dad. Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXMnGvFHj0A&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=24 Frank, I want to pat you on the back for stepping up and being a real man. Real men don’t run away from being a single dad [...]
Dear Granddaddy, I’m afraid that my child won’t get the education and opportunities he needs to reach his full potential. Carey C. - worried mom. Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9f_nf3zBSE&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=23 Carey, I hear you and I think a lot of us parents are worried during [...]
Dear Granddaddy, I’m worried about what other students think of me. I don’t want to be one of those dorks. So, sometimes I do things not to be. Dan M. - Teen trying to fit in. Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhmCDhGFtp0&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=22 Dan, I know what [...]
Dear Granddaddy, I have worked very hard to become a teacher. And my students don’t seem to care about how much I know. Ben G. – frustrated and overworked teacher. Bestselling and award-winning author, speaker, educator, and TV host. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPt9bhuSMr4&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=21 Ben, what you went through to become a teacher would [...]