Mother’s Day Weekend is a special weekend in our home. My mother lost her battle to cancer seven years ago and I will most certainly miss her presence, as I do my grandmothers and aunt. This weekend for me isn’t about being celebrated as my children and step children’s mom, but in taking time to [...]
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for all the moms who need comfort
As Mother’s Day nears, you’ll hear the usual, gushy mom stuff. . .and this is OK. But for you women who need comfort for any reason — a death, infertility, divorce, loneliness — please know that God loves you and he understands. The morning began like any other. A shower, a bagel, a cup of tea. Death was [...]
Should you share a secret?
When to share? When to zip your lips? Do you know which to do and when? Read on. While playing tag on the school playground, secrets fluttered about like butterflies. “Hey, Suzie, guess which boy in class likes you?” “Who?’ “I’m not suppose to tell you. It’s a secret.” The friend looks over her shoulder [...]
Do Your Kids Have Their Eyes Set on College?
With business supers stars like Bill Gates, Mark Zukerberg and the late Steve Jobs that dropped out of college, do kids needs to go to college? To hear my thoughts, take a look at the replay of the Kids, Cash and College segment I did on Sacramento and Company. Below video is the system we [...]
Ways To Teach Entrepreneurship Through Play
As the founder of Raising CEO Kids, and the co-author of The Parents’ Guide to Raising CEO Kids, I am all about encouraging parents to teach entrepreneurship and financial literacy in the home. A local morning show caught my passion for these two topics and had me come on as a guest to share some [...]
Silence In The Back Seat
When someone is the parent in a divorce that doesn’t get the primary custody of the children, every other week is a reminder that the consequences of some mistakes will linger for days or months or years. Maybe a lifetime. In a normal month, I see my sons the equivalent of four days. Friday night [...]
Did Lee Marvin have it right?
So did Lee have it right? No I really don’t think so. “Home is made for coming from, for dreams of going to, which with any luck will never come true ,” he sang in that unmistakable style of his. Words that made an impact on me at the time. He was a better singer than [...]
The Perfect Forum for Family Communication
This simple system will give you more time with your family, help to increase family communication, and when done right, it will help you teach your kids about life and business! How’s that for a power-packed system? I would love to hear how you increase communication in your family! You are welcome to leave a [...]
