Dealing With Disappointment
Sometimes opportunities present themselves and we just need to seize them. So parents and teachers, let me remind you – experience is the best teacher. Accordingly, now is a good time for...
Frontline Workers
I grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Cusic – a small street tucked right next to McNeese State University. My bike and I had many adventures on that road. So, when I saw an image of that...
Boundaries Needed
Sandbags were the reoccurring items I saw as I flipped through news channels this past Tuesday evening. Hurricane Laura was headed straight towards my hometown of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and in...
Surprising Associations
“It’s going to be a different year. That’s for sure.” I can’t recall how many times a teacher said this to me. Usually, it was followed by a long list of concerns related to school and the...
For Better or Worse?
Sometimes it takes a mountain high or valley low to shake things up and teach us a lesson. I somehow managed to experience both in the course of just a few days.
It was a challenging summer for...
Settling the Dust
“Kid behaviors are going to be crazy when school starts,” a teacher told me earlier this week. “It’s like the pandemic kicked up a giant storm around Spring Break, and five months later, the dust...
Relationships Needed
We are going on five months in this pandemic and still I don’t have this social distancing thing down. One would think after a certain amount of time practicing, with continual non-verbal cues...
Teach Skills &
Break Habits
Break Habits
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