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Educational Online Games: A Helpful, Yet Still Fun, Alternative to Video Games For Today’s Youth
Are you tired of seeing your kids play video games that they don’t really learn anything from? Do you wish that there were fun ways for them to be educated about problems that they will need to work through as adults? . . .

Youth Personal Life Area: 5 Important Areas In Developing Good Skills and Perspectives
The personal area of a child’s life is a very important one regarding his or her growth and development. It is essential for the youth to learn skills and develop good attitudes to work with throughout his or her life . . .

Teen Leadership: Learning About the Qualities of a Leader
For teens to develop into successful leaders, it is important to learn everything that goes into effective leadership. One of the main areas that they must find out about is the qualities of a leader, and what each trait encompasses.

Building Our Community: A Valuable Lesson in Cooperation
Years ago, at a previous position, I worked as a program director for a community center in a low-income area. The center had a work program for teenage youth to earn income while working on property owned by the nonprofit organization that managed the center. I was asked on one occasion to supervise the youth . . .

Learning From Sports
I grew up loving and playing basketball in the 1980’s and early 1990’s. Among my favorite professional players to watch were Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Michael Jordan. All of these players were very talented, but what helped them to become such great players, was that they built their games on the fundamentals of the game.