by Bryan | Aug 5, 2025 | Part 5: The Long Game
“Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.”—Maria Montessori Train Them, Don’t Serve Them You’re not their waiter. You’re their father. Your job isn’t to fetch snacks and fluff pillows. Your job is to raise someone who doesn’t need you to. It...
by Bryan | Jul 24, 2025 | Part 5: The Long Game
Character Over GPA “You can get all A’s and still flunk life.”— Walker Percy Let’s just say it: No one at the dinner table cares about your kid’s 4.3 weighted GPA. But they will care if your kid’s a jerk. Sure, grades matter. Colleges ask for transcripts, not...
by Bryan | Jul 8, 2025 | Part 5: The Long Game
Your kid wants it now.The snack. The screen. The shiny thing in aisle 7. But here’s the truth:Life doesn’t work like that.And if you don’t teach them to wait now, the world will teach them the hard way later. Teaching patience isn’t about punishment.It’s about...
