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May 13, 2018

The astonishing scientific connection between love, parenting, brain development, education and poverty.

The other day a perfect stranger helped me understand the astonishing scientific connection between love, parenting, brain development, education and poverty. And what it means for parenting my kids to greatness, and helping the most vulnerable in our country. I was MCing an event where critical development-based research was being released when an elderly man…

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Tag: brain-development, responsive-listening, south-africa, unconditional-love
November 15, 2016

Two Secrets of Parenting

Last week I got skunked. But all was not lost. I discovered ‘the two secrets of parenting’. Skunked refers to the surfer’s frustration of carving out a rare gap in your super-busy, responsibility-laden week in the hope of finding some glassy waves, only to find unsurfable drivel. I wasn’t skunked alone. A buddy (of 25 years) was at…

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Tag: chores, unconditional-love
February 20, 2016

Move your but: What you say becomes your child’s inner voice (pt 4)

Parent, move your but. ‘I love you, but…’  How many times I’ve uttered this, mistakenly thinking it will anchor my child before providing some constructive criticism… Eli, I love you, but you need to listen the first time my boy! Fynn, I love you, but never take something without asking. Ivy, I love you, but…

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Tag: power-of-words, unconditional-love
October 26, 2015

The ultimate secret to parenting

Of course there are many dimensions to parenting – all of them critical – but one stands head and shoulders above the rest. It towers so far above the other principles that it deserves to be called The Secret to Parenting. Let me tell you a story of when Eli was three to illustrate what…

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