I just got word of a teenage tragedy. The kids were at a party over the holidays and playing Yahoo – some sort of game where students run in, steal beer, and yell yahoo! The teens in the car were on drugs for the bravado to do the steal. During the ensuing (more…)

Most of a teen’s time during the high school school day is spent in academic training. No real time is specifically dedicated to developing the real success tool – the spirit of each heart.
It is good to train the mind. But, (more…)

At a state-wide No Child Left Behind conference last weekend, I was amazed to discover a huge child demographic is being left behind – high school youth. What makes us think that the drop out, the dysfunctional adult, the disengaged employee, or unproductive citizen numbers will decrease if we do not stay with the child through maturation? Why do we think our teens are focused (more…)

Mentoring the next generation happens when the next generation sees what we do on voting day.  Yep!  We either lead them forward or astray.  Freedom rings not because we can vote but because (more…)