I drove the nearly two hour drive through the arid desert between Phoenix and Sedona back and forth 4 times during the trip.

Let them try it

Teaching kids to learn from their mistakes.

Resilience

In the lighthouse parents guide, you'll find the difference between being a helicopter parent and being a lighthouse parent—impacting your kids' lives.

Helicopter parenting...seriously, let your kids soar and stop hovering over them.

An Open Letter to Helicopter Parents Everywhere

Something Im going to start doing. Best advice, dont make your childrens lives difficult by making their lives easy.

Helicopter Parent

Near our home there’s a forest that we enjoy exploring. At the end of a ravine there lies a fallen tree. It spans across the distance of the ravine, from one end to the other. The tree is solid, but falling would hurt, a lot. Nevertheless, the challenge is there and my kids must take it, every time. They’ve crossed the log many times, but each time they do I hold my breath in anticipation… and to stop myself from blurting out “Be Careful!” a hundred times over. Why We Need to Stop Telling…