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1. Starting today, I gave myself a 30-day challenge to transform my son's beliefs about himself. I made this challenge up, so it is also an experiment (though based on psychological principles). I'm calling it the "Ed Mylett Challenge". Ed is an entrepreneur and professional speaker/ influencer. Almost everyday since the day that each of his kids were born, he has looked them directly in the eye and showered them with compliments. They are often the same, repeated ones, but that's not the rule. They are whatever he wants them to believe about themselves. Because kids will act on whatever it is they believe about themselves. This has been well studied. So my challenge/ experiment: For 30 days I will tell my 13 yr old a string of compliments each day. This can be over a text or call or note or as I stare him in the eyes. Imma see if it transforms him in any ways. He is a strong willed, I prefer the term determined, child and I have always worried that the amount of times he receives correction or is met with disappointment, has out weighed the amount of compliments we give him. And thus, I worry, has given him some negative self-identities. The times when I have seen him grow the most, or self correct patterns, is when I have expressed that I believe him to be better than the fill-in-the-blank behavior. I see something inside of him spark when I have communicated that I believe his natural talents and character are going to help him meet our expectations for his behavior. That was wordy- did that make sense? Today I texted him after I dropped him off at school. I never got a response, but I know he needs to hear more words like those in the text. I will post updates on how the challenge goes. Feel free to do it with me and let us know how it goes!

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How did you or will you talk to your teens about the election? Please don't make this a debate stage. For instance, I want to talk to my teens about giving grace to everyone, no matter what (this is a lifetime journey of striving because I know I will always fall short at times). I want to talk to my teens about being confident in our own voice to offer love and to defend those who can't defend themselves. We do that through voting, we do that through not making assumptions about individuals or groups of people, and we do that through always being willing to listen to others and believe them about their own experience. And if others undermine YOUR strength and value, turn to whomever is your steady rock to help you stay grounded in knowledge belief of your infinite value. It is too easy to let our passion for our own set of morals get in the way of love for others. People on every side of the political plane do it. But we must always try to put love above all else. THIS is the convo I want to have.