We can choose to spend our lives looking at what’s wrong in the world, becoming a paralyzed observer (cursing the darkness) or we can choose to light a candle and embrace the light. The only thing stopping you from achieving your goals is . . .
New Year’s Resolutions for Parents and Troubled Teens
Ken Rabow
There is something powerful about scratching out one old period of time and making room for what’s ahead. Here are New Year’s resolutions for parents and teens in Ken Rabow’s Life Coaching Outside the Box column.
The Kid Who Has Everything Inspires New Christmas Traditions
Karma Bryan-Ingle
This holiday season, Karma Bryan-Ingle’s family will be getting back to basics, partly inspired by camp.
On the 12th Day of Christmas My Troubled Teen Gave to Me . . .
Ken Rabow
What can parents do in the December holidays to stop the self-denial trends that their teens and young adults seem to wallow in and offer these children a chance for turning their lives around in the new year.
Trinity College School’s Week Without Walls – Ecuador Blog 2
Guest Author
From December 2nd-17th, 2011, a group of 14 TCS students and two teachers will travel to Ecuador as part of Free The Children’s Me To We Trips initiative. Chaperoned by Me to We facilitators, the group will stay among the indigenous Quichua people, working with them to build a high school. To support this effort, the students have undertaken a fundraising drive to collect $10,000 for their school build in San Miguel.
Teen Problems Into Teen Success – Going Out Into The World
Ken Rabow
A client of mine in his early 20′s recently told me that he really loves his room. It had come to him that he had created a “box of safety” and that he understood that it represented both good things and bad things. On the bad list was that everything and everywhere else that was not his box of safety. We decided to see if we could help him create portable “boxes of safety”out there in the real world
