Books Preparing for Adolescence – A Planning Guide for Parents Why don’t you trust me? Why do you tell me what I can’t wear? Why do you always correct my manners? If you’re hearing those kinds of questions from your children — or if you know that you’re going to — you...
Books Preparing for Peer Pressure – A Guide for Parents of Young Children Educator James Stenson provides a solid framework for instilling sound values in your children well before they reach age twelve. He shows you how to avoid common mistakes parents make that...
Books Father, The Family Protector Jim Stenson explores how Fathers exercise their powerful and particularly masculine contribution to family life. He explains the main obstacles in today’s society that undercut a Father’s teaching role, and tells men what they could...
Books Compass – A Handbook on Parent Leadership Compass summarizes the lessons and experiences of parents to help them succeed as leaders for their children. The author relates thirty years of experience with parents who have lived as great leaders in family life and...
Articles My husband and I went to a really great parenting talk last week by educator Andrew Mullins from Australia… I liked it a lot, and not just because of his charming accent, which made everything sound so friendly and hopeful! It was very positive and...
Articles Accepting authority is virtuous, but not all authorities are equal. As children approach their adolescent years, they sometimes revert to their terrible twos as they exert their independence and question our authority. This becomes an important time to...
Articles Character equals good habits. If you are systematic and persevering in sculpting good habits of thinking and acting in your child, you will have a happy child and a happy adult. You must carve these habits from the living rock of a deep and loving...
Articles ‘Beyond a certain minimum standard of living all the studies show that happiness does not further increase as wealth increases.’ ~ John Menadue, former Head of the Prime Minister’s Department and CEO of QANTAS Graffiti along my favourite jogging...
Articles “Most adolescent problems can be alleviated or rectified by correcting tensions in the parent-child relationship.” ~ Dr Ross Campbell, How to Really Love Your Teenager Respect your child’s right to self-determination. Don’t just tell them...
Articles ‘Mum shouldn’t do anything anyone else can do, and if no-one else can do it, then teach ’em how.’ ~ First Corollary to the Law of Domestic Expectations Children take so long to do things. No wonder parents end up doing so much for their children –...
Successful parents realise that children grow up not when they can take care of themselves but when they can take care of others and want to. ~ James Stenson, School Principal and Author
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