Posts Tagged ‘Kids in dance’
why you should slow down on fast food
Look, gloves off, here is the straight scoop about fast food. I have written before how fast food is more a function of economics over taste or preference. I myself am not a total stranger to the drive through window, but I know that I indulge in that only once or twice a month. Also,…
Read Morethe battle for control of our children
I was a health teacher in a middle school. I said the same thing to my health students, boys and girls, as I do to my team kids and my own children today. “Losing control of yourself is the worst thing that can happen to you. Whether you lose control to another person, like a…
Read MoreOver-rewarded and under-trained.
In high school I had a 3.8 grade point and I can only remember taking books home a few times. Success at our school was basically showing up, listening, doing the minimal work assigned and succeeding. Then I went to college and was shown, in no short time, that just showing up wasn’t enough. I…
Read MoreChoosing sports
Kids today are faced with so many choices. When it comes to activities should they do an academic program (one of my sons does a Lego Robot class, the other takes Spanish)? Should they do community or volunteer programs? Should they do sports? If so which one? Swimming is a life skill. Tennis is a…
Read MoreWhen parents make kids love sports
I learned an invaluable lesson from the fine folks at Proactive Sports. No matter how my kids perform at a meet or a game I convey the message that I love to watch them play. That concept is why kids often prefer that their grandparents come to see them in meets. They know that there…
Read MoreWhen parents make their kids quit sports
(Almost) every child quits their sport. Some quit because they grow out of it, some quit because they find other interests, some become coaches and never quit, but that’s a separate blog post. Some kids quit because their parents chase them out of it. I have had parents withdraw their kids because it was too…
Read MoreParenting a goal setting child
Goals can be really frustrating. At Gymfinity we encourage our team kids to develop their own goals and at optional levels we even require it. We set annual goals, off-season goals and in-season goals. But, to be sure, there will be difficult patches with any goal setting program. I have written before (November 2013) about…
Read MoreSeeing life as a bank account
The emotional bank account is a business concept that I believe originated with Steven Covey many years ago. It is a concept that we use at Gymfinity with staff training and it’s often referred to for use with our athletes. The concept is simple: we have a make-believe “bank” account with every person or business…
Read MoreA belief that children should have limits on time to save the world or crush pigs using a bird as a weapon
This weekend I travelled with our Trampoline and Tumbling team because my 2 boys compete. It was a great experience and I truly enjoyed spending time with the kids as well as the other team parents. I did notice that we all have the same problem. Screen time. Every moment when the kids were not…
Read MoreThe quick list: Why sports for your kids
OK. Lets do this. I know that people nowadays are less likely to read whole articles than they are to scan bullet points. I am afraid that all my preaching has gone un-read by the busy folks that might come across Gymfinity’s blog posts. So, here is the quick version so you can get back…
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