Writing topic

Resilience that holds up in the real world.

Lessons from classrooms and competition on helping young people respond to pressure, setbacks, and responsibility.

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Writing on resilience

My dad refused to call the principal about the sixth-grade bully. He gave me four words instead, and those four words turned out to be the lesson.

Confidence doesn't grow because life is easy. It grows because you've done hard things before, and we did most of ours on a bike with no helmet.

Parents brought donuts to practice the day after a rivalry loss. A night custodian's reaction explains what over-protecting kids quietly costs them.

A lost championship game, a sore arm, and a silent two-hour drive with no McDonald's. What bubble-wrap parenting quietly costs kids later.

A code word from a Seinfeld episode became our escape route in the grocery store. What coaching other people's kids actually costs a family.

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