At only 13 years old, Cloyce Martin is a confident cook, busy creating through his innate naturalist intelligence. Even in competition with a head chef; he remains, as always, engaged in his passion.  His signature dishes include chicken piccata and a pan-seared citrus salmon. But in the second video, he is as accomplished grilling up (more…)

Maybe you are!…Time to get off the track and rethink this!

Can a mathematical child be a musical child as well? Absolutely!  How about other seemingly unrelated intelligences, like intrapersonal or spatial?  How do you know which is dominant in a child that expresses creativity in many ways? Watch: Harmony Zhu at age 10 is not only a gifted concert pianist, but a world champion chess player, (more…)

Send the concept of ‘failure’ into the fire.  There is no failure…only learning opportunities.  Teach your children to not be afraid to take risks and stumble, if that is the outcome.  Teach them to pick themselves up, dust themselves off and incorporate what they learned into the grand dance we call ‘life.’  Encourage them to (more…)

When you are no longer doing it just for your child!

This kid is as real as it gets.  Watch him defy gravity and keep watching.  It just keeps getting better and better and better! Kaden can be reached through his Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/kaden.stone

Begin at the beginning.  The first step is within. Look inside, look for your own authenticity, gifts, compassion and greatness.  Then see your child with at least the same eyes, if not bigger, clearer, with greater depth than you were even able to see yourself.  The rest is impassioned play!

No worries…Use the moment as an opportunity to restructure, grow and move on!

His mother made him do it…or did she?  Every summer, they had a family policy that the kids were to write and finish one book by the end of summer. Perhaps this was an intuitive sense that her son had a story to tell and the hidden means to tell it. And that’s exactly what (more…)

Magic is enchantment.  It is the gratitude of the soul as it reaches for the sun and moon and stars in the sky.  Our children live in the world of awe and amazement.  May we have the wisdom and vision, strength and fortitude, to protect them—to help them carry that gratitude and enchantment into their (more…)