Identifying your life lesson is the first step toward a growth mindset. These challenges aren't meant to hold you back; they ...

Growing up a latchkey kid meant learning to handle quite a lot of things on your own. Gen X was born between 1965 and 1980, which means this year they'll be turning 45 to 60 years old. As a smaller ...

Did you learn everything you needed to know in kindergarten? I sure hope not! If you learned everything you needed to know at 5 years old, you wouldn’t, in all likelihood, be reading this piece, ...

While there were certainly a number of adverse childhood experiences in the 1980s, many of which are controversial today, the ...

Ten-year-old Dean Thompson drives the combine on his family’s farm, with a little help from his dad. Submitted photo As the sun dipped low on the horizon on a mid-October day, 10-year-old Dean ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. It’s a universal truth – most of us learn life’s ...

Friday night may be game night in your household. You’ll probably order a pizza, dust off the ol’ dice and ready yourself for hours of board games. But it’s also an opportunity for you to teach your ...

Shrinking is back for Season 3, and it continues to serve as an entertaining form of therapy, with plenty of life lessons to ...

Goldfish Swim School Northwest Hills helps kids learn life-saving swim and water safety skills through fun, play-based lessons. Free trial class available.

Many parents try their hardest, but still miss these 12 critical lessons until it's almost too late. These parenting truths ...