Dear Granddaddy, how do I keep my children on the right path? Daria. 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, don’t succumb to that false argument that you don’t need to […]
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Dear Granddaddy, why have boys fallen behind girls in U.S. education? Macey. 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 it was just the nature of the educational profession that caused
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Dear Granddaddy, what can I do to make studying more fun? Troy. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBWi2GlAkmk Troy, I think all of us struggle some with studying at least time to time. I’m sure that every one of us can think of more fun things to do than study. However, if we want to get ahead,
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Dear Granddaddy, is being a teacher different than you thought it would be? Mary-former student. 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 my professors. Again, I thought I knew what teaching was about.
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Dear Granddaddy, what is society robbing young people of? Paul. 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. There is no middle ground of aimlessly floating around and painfully
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Dear Granddaddy, what’s something you’re glad you taught yourself? Caesar. 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 know the basics of, are typing, self-publishing, and social media. Sit
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Dear Granddaddy, why do we need to grow up? Nancy- teen. 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 either. I still joke about what I want to be when
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Dear Granddaddy, how do you build self-esteem? Brett- mother. 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 everything is somehow going to be okay. And as a loving
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Dear Granddaddy, what is the best advice, you as an adult, can give me a teenager? Alex 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. At 20 years old, you feel like everyone is looking at
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Dear Granddaddy, what happens to ungrateful children when they become adults? Linda- mother of an ungrateful child. 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. However, the problem is that they don’t yet know how good
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