VIDEO: What is one of the secrets to students’ success? Watch this Our Kids TV video for an interview with life coach Ken Rabow on inspiring teens to be their best and improving their mental well-being. Read more…
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.
My Teen’s Hobbies Scare Me!
Ken Rabow
A recent study at Indiana University showed a direct relationship between playing violent video games incessantly over an extended period of time and a subsequent change in brain regions associated with cognitive function and emotional control.
Problem Teenager to Teenage Success – It’s All In The Mind
Ken Rabow
At some point in our childhood, we have had some negative incidents happen to us that have caused us to be self-limiting. These become tapes playing in our heads so often that we don’t even notice what they say anymore but they effect every decision we make. Once we can discover these subconscious beliefs, we can change the childhood tapes and we then become free to make healthy new choices.
Top 10 Tips for Successful Homework
Ken Rabow
Why bother? I won’t need it in “real life”. This is the question heard over and over again in bedrooms, school hallways and principals waiting rooms for as long as there has been chalk.
No one can tell you what will help you subject-wise in the future but the one thing I can guarantee you is that if you can master self-discipline in learning new things and being able to talk intelligently on the subject afterwards, you will do well in whatever you do.
Why Teenagers Self-Sabotage
Ken Rabow
In the last 40 years, extended families have shrunk into nuclear families that have now become real or virtual single parent families. For most teenagers, school, sports, music or other interests replaced the missing tribal bond. But for teenagers who did not make that connection, a mentor outside their regular circle of friends and family may be the best option to help them find their positive power and release their fears.
