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A Product Review of “Raddish: A Cooking Club for Kids”
Product: Raddish Cooking Club for Kids Price: Cheapest Place to Buy: RaddishKids.com My Rating: 9/10 Overview: I promised myself this year I would lead the homeschool charge from a place of strength when planning our curriculum. So often, we try to work on the things we see “lacking” in our children instead of focusing on…
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Why We Judge
According to the great God Google, judgment is defined as “the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions”. I find this rather ironic, since more often than not, the conclusions made about single parents, and particularly single parents of children with ANY type of exceptionality contain neither consideration or common sense.
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Sports Parents Get a Bad Rap
Parents can be our biggest allies as coaches. It is OUR job as coaches to figure out how to communicate effectively with them, set the parameters for expectations for them and what they can expect from us, and create a positive learning environment.
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Coaching Advice to My Younger Self
If I could go back in time and give advice to my younger coaching self as she was starting out, here are the things I would tell her.
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THE CHAIR
I’d like to share with you an incident that I have yet to reconcile within myself as to whether I was right or wrong; whether I over-reacted or under-reacted, whether I was defending myself or being petty, whether I was calling out someone for trying to take me down a peg or whether I was…
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TO SPEAK UP OR NOT SPEAK UP-That is the Question
I wrote this piece in January 2017 after the controversy surrounding the judging of the women’s event at the 2017-2018 US National Figure Skating Championships. In light of Ashley Wagner’s bravery for coming forward with her allegations of sexual abuse, I thought it only appropriate to re-post.
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