For my first blog I thought I would tell why I am starting this blog and what it will be going forward.
Being a coach for the last 8 years, and a few years during college, I have been around elementary and middle school grade kids a lot. And in just the last 8 years the changes I see in kids are dramatic. The first time I really thought of doing a blog was due to Fortnite. Yep, hearing my son play that game I thought of specific changes I see in him and his friends who I coach. Is it Fortnite? Social Media?
I don’t have the answers. I know that a lot of fellow parents don’t have the answers either because they voice the same concerns. What is the world going to be like when little Jimmy is 18? What about when his kids are in kindergarten? This blog will delve into these areas and provide resources, insights, real life stories, research to those who affect a child’s life which is basically almost all human beings.
It will be random at times. As things happen in our world if I have a profound, in my eyes opinion I will write about it and provide the research that got me to that conclusion.
Recently I have really become a podcast addict! Literally that is the app I use to listen to my favorite podcasts when I am working out, driving my car and sitting or standing at my desk. I do audible and still read books as well, but I have found podcast to be my favorite avenue for learning. There is a lot of ideas, products, practices, and more discussed in many of these podcast and at times this blog will focus on ideas learned which will help myself and hopefully others over time become better individuals, parents, friends and family.
Our favorites page will be a library of my favorites including web sites, books, blogs, podcast, videos etc. The visuals page will have photos of thought provoking images with the thought I had at that moment.
The at others times I will write about the things I like cooking, fishing, boating and more if there is a story interesting enough to tell.