by janetedgette | Jul 26, 2024 | Boys and sports, Coaching kids and teens, Kids who are afraid to play sports, Kids who don't like sports, Male athletics, Masculinity, Nonathletic boys, Sportsmanship, Uncategorized
Where do children go to play sports when they’re just “average”—or worse? KEY POINTS Our aggrandizement of athletic prowess discourages kids from staying with activities unless they excel. Too many kids drop out of favored activities once they... 
by janetedgette | Sep 18, 2023 | Boy behavior, Counseling adolescents, Counseling teens, Parent-Child communication, Parent-Teen communication, Parenting teens, Teenagers, Uncategorized
Is this what it feels like to you when you ask your ADHD son to complete his chores? “I don’t really get after him when he doesn’t listen to me because he’s got ADHD…” the parent of an inattentive 11 yr old explains, forgetting to make the distinction between... 
by janetedgette | May 24, 2020 | Parenting teens, Teenagers, Uncategorized
With a wink of the eye and a shared smirk, parents across the United States trade in their collective anxiety about raising teenagers for the comfort of believing that they are not alone, that it could not be anything butexasperating. Kids are hard-wired to be... 
by janetedgette | Mar 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
When parents are too focused on achievement, they can overlook character problems that, in the long run, will do more to compromise success than a poor grade. Let’s take for instance a precocious seventeen year old who is always being told how smart he is. He gets it... 
by janetedgette | Jan 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Some boys who don’t play sports feel they can’t afford to show up as smart — being un-athletic AND smart earns twice the derision from those who aggrandize jock culture. What can you do when you see your own son renouncing his intelligence? Conversation Starter for... by janetedgette | Mar 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
Just the other day I saw a little boy, maybe five years old, standing next to his grandmother while she chatted with a neighbor. And he was screaming “Arrrgghhh!” over and over at the top of his lungs to everyone, anyone—the kids playing in the parking lot,...