Parenting On Purpose Article Listings

Are we Overreacting to the Dangers of Youth Sports and Concussions?
24May

Are we Overreacting to the Dangers of Youth Sports and...

Childhood is Inherently Dangerous - Do We Need to Put our Children in a Bubble? Youth Football has inherent concussion risks - a new stunning revelation that we didn't know. Everything about youth football is about to change....

Making Your Kids Life Easy is Destroying Them!
28March

Making Your Kids Life Easy is Destroying Them!

In all of my years of coaching parents, one thing stands out clearly. They all love their kids and they have tried as hard as they can to ensure their children have a great life. I have heard many stories of how parents want 'to give my...

How Asking 5 Questions Helped Me Eat Dinner With My Kids
11March

How Asking 5 Questions Helped Me Eat Dinner With My Kids

Four years ago, when I began working on a book about the secrets of productivity, I had a hidden motivation: I wanted to figure out how to eat dinner with my kids. Both my wife and I had demanding jobs. We have two sons – now...

Why Are Kids in Finland So Much More Educated?
11March

Why Are Kids in Finland So Much More Educated?

The quality of education in the United States has long been debated amongst parents and educators alike. Recently, Krista Kiuru, Finland’s minister of education and sciencecame to a Boston school to observe some of its practices...

Marijuana And The Teen Brain
18February

Marijuana And The Teen Brain

Developmental Issues Rising From Substance Abuse Teenagers are dealing with a lot of issues, concerns over fitting in, who they want to date, their images and so on. With all of these concerns competing for their attention, the...

Drawing the Line Between Friend and Parent With Teenage Girls
18February

Drawing the Line Between Friend and Parent With Teenage...

Troubled girls who are raised in strict "helicopter" households quite often do not learn to practice making important decisions for themselves. This leaves them open to future mistreatment, abuse and manipulation by people who...

Is There A Connection Between A Teen's Music Taste and Their Behavior?
18February

Is There A Connection Between A Teen's Music Taste...

Parent's everywhere have long kept the notion that particular genres of music can be harmful and potentially dangerous to young people.  Parents often give credence to the dangers of musical influence by pointing...

Is There A Silent Killer in Our Bodies?
20May

Is There A Silent Killer in Our Bodies?

We hear every day about the things that can kill us—smoking, drugs, drunk driving, cancer, too much sun that will cause cancer, obesity, and other addictions. And while we know that stress can actually be bad on our health, how...

Blood Tests Predict Schizophrenia
14October

Blood Tests Predict Schizophrenia

As World Mental Heath Day is celebrated, the focus this year is in schizophrenia awareness. New research has made some interesting findings. Researchers are suggesting simple blood tests could tell if people are at a higher risk than...