Four Guys Had Lunch Today I had lunch today with three 18 year old graduating high school seniors. It has been a long time in coming – 4 years to be exact. A little background: I met them when they were in 8th grade. I’d been contracted by a local Middle School to run groups…
This page is filled with links to articles I’ve published in Camping Magazine. Including my Award Winning series on 13 year olds in camps, and camps that dared to be different. As you read through these, you’ll notice they go the range from some “how-to” for training counselors, to exploring ideas that speak to Camp…
Bringing Out The Best In 8th Grade Girls © Likone Corp 2005 There is arguably no more challenging, unsettling life stage than that of the budding adolescent girl growing up in our culture in modern times. They are inundated with messages of how their self-worth and place in the pecking order is based on their…
Do you remember “Little Johnny”? He starred in the stories about the boy who always got in trouble. Well let me tell you what happened to him… Not surprisingly Little Johnny had a tough go of it through elementary school. He was labeled early on as a problem child. Although test results never substantiated any…
Exploring Emotional Maturity ** Through the lens of Mentor Counseling® ** Research shows that the average American operates intellectually at the level of a sixth grade education. Marketing and advertising is geared towards this level: Coke is it. Just do it. Simple enough for a sixth grader… Simple enough for your average American. What is not…
Over the past month and a half I prepared and presented a series of programs on the specifics of how to work effectively with teen-agers, focusing in particular on the volatile age of 13. I’ve read, talked about, and researched much of what is out there on this topic… and always from the perspective of…
The statistics on boys in education and mental illness diagnosis are staggering – achievement in school has steadily declined over the past decade while the diagnosis with disorders from ADD to Depression have risen dramatically. How much of this is our problem oriented diagnose and medicate society, versus a real refection of what is going…
How 21st Century Advances Create 21st Century Troubles For Youth – What you should know and what you can do about it – “Thinking that IMing, Email and Text messaging is having a real conversation is the same as thinking that “XO” at the end of a letter is a real hug and kiss.” -Kathryn Blythe…