Developing Significant Discipline By Jeannette Webb We’ve seen them and been amazed – kids who somehow seem to have a hidden secret to accomplishment. I’m not really talking about winning awards or knocking the top off standardized tests, but a driving motivation to do something with their lives. When their existence is viewed from [read more] …
Family Life
Jumping Off the Gerbil Wheel
Jumping Off the Gerbil Wheel By Jeannette Webb Time for confession. I was born with the classic gerbil wheel personality: firstborn, Type A, deeply competitive, hot temper. I’ve lived with a sense of urgency from childhood and I was parented to dominate. And dominate I did throughout high school, college, and into a professional [read more] …
Time Management for Busy Moms
Time Management for Busy Moms By Jeannette Webb You spend a great deal of time organizing your children’s academics. It is also important to organize the non-academic part of life – both the children’s activities and family pursuits. You must make wise time use choices if you want to be successful in preparing [read more] …
Summer Plans Affect College Admissions (Part 2) – Learning How to Work
Rogers and Hammerstein immortalized the windswept plains of Oklahoma. It was a brutal existence for the early pioneers. It is still a hard land for those trying to wrest a living from the soil. It was in that crucible that my children learned to work. My daughter tells the story best in these excerpts from [read more] …
Summer Plans Impact College Admissions
Did you know that how your child chooses to spend his summer will impact college admissions? Whoa there! Don’t go out searching for all the latest and greatest summer camps and conferences with which to pack your child’s schedule. That’s not what I’m talking about at all. However, it is critical that your high schooler [read more] …