I received this question: "How do we help our kids be fools and/or wise without them feeling like you’re telling them "I told you so," on the back end or telling them what to do on the front end? For instance, when we know our kids are about to make a bad choice, how do […]

The Empathy Struggle "How do you become empathetic without being pathetic?" Empathy is a two edged sword, on the one hand you have to get into the mind space of your child, see the choices they are facing.  This is different then feeling their pain — although that needs to be taken into account….