Dear Granddaddy, how do I become successful? Chris B. – an eager to succeed teen. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9nWp1MHO88 Smile more! Yup. Look adults in the eye and smile more at them. Say, “Hi” more often to them. Stop trying to fly under the radar in the adult world. Pausing a moment to take an […]
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Dear Granddaddy, what do today’s teens need more than anything else? Denise G. – Parent and Radio Personality VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukY8JVb4Etg Denise, there is no easy answer to your question. There is, however, an answer that makes sense. I believe, as so do many of my colleagues who are in the business of teen
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Dear Granddaddy, why are my parents and teachers always on my A**? Jorge – a really frustrated teen VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1byJiSpK9g&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=3 Hey, Jorge, I’m feeling your frustration, buddy. As a teen I felt like that, too. Heck, I still feel that way as an adult sometimes. Believe it or not, I still have parents
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Dear Granddaddy, what has happened to our youth these days? Bobby S. concerned educator VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mFExw-mP8o&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=2 I’m sure most of us adults sometimes wonder if the world has changed too much, and if our youth have strayed too far from where we were as young ones, right? You want to know something funny,
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Dear Granddaddy, what makes you qualified to write a teen leadership advice column? Mike B. Parent VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PuI5O6C7_o&t=5s Well, first of all, let me start by saying that I believe every one of us has something good to say. Every adult can offer good advice to someone. Trust me when I
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Blog 26 Week 12 Regular Freshman Season The season is over, but it really isn’t over, yet. Sore, bruised, and scratched up, Dakota is back in my Subaru right in the middle of another New England snowstorm. We’re heading out on this Monday morning to a neighboring town for Dakota to work out
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Blog 25 Week 12 Regular Freshmen Season This is it! Dakota’s last week. Do or die. Right here. Right now. No second chances for him to end his freshman wrestling season on a good note. I’ve been bringing him to the gym when I can to ride the stationary bike lightly, so he
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Blog 24 Week 11 Regular Season Freshman Year The beginning of this week has been a blur, and I have barely been able even to notice the wrestling season that is winding down. Sadly, wrestling has taken a back seat lately since Dakota has been injured and I’ve been running myself dizzy with
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Blog 23 Week 10 Regular Season Freshman Year It’s been tough. Real tough. Dakota has spent his entire life so far as the only boy in a family of seven. He even has a female dog. But recently he felt like he finally found his sport, his team, and the right group of
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Blog 22 Week 9 Regular Season Freshman Year Well, we survived shoveling our 640-foot dirt-driveway in the frigid cold, snow, and ice this weekend. But outside of doing what we had to do to survive and be able to function in another New England storm, there wasn’t much else happening for Dakota. The
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