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DEAR GRANDDADDY- A Teen, Parent, and Educator Advice Column BLOG #10

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Dear Granddaddy, my students are frustrating me. They’re very different today. Tim V. – veteran teacher. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id_rVy9-Gag&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=10 I hear you, Tim. I, too, am a concerned veteran teacher. I, too, have seen what looks like a changing student body over the last two decades of teaching. However, when I look a little …

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Dear Granddaddy, help. I’m stressed over my grades. Dakota B. – A really stressed out teen. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g7RzD0wqqQ&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=9 Dakota, let me begin with Henry James, the father of modern psychology. He said that 90% of the worst things that have ever happened to him have only happened in his mind. Therefore, it looks …

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Dear Granddaddy, how do I get my boy to listen to me? Yarelis S. – frustrated mom. VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbLXF86hpiM&list=PL_-39bUXJitz71N7H8Ysig2hrkcEU_LGF&index=8 I’m listening to you, Yarelis. I hear you loud and clear, but, unlike your boy, I’m a grown man. I’m pretty sure, however, I’m pretty sure that when I was still just a boy, my …

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Dear Granddaddy, how do we get our kids to do better in school? Patrice C. a concerned parent VLOG ON THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APxZPUhvUEY Wow! That’s a question that could require volumes of work to answer. However, since you didn’t ask me how to make our children perfect, but only better, I think I might have some …

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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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