As I mentioned in my last blog, my daughter recently joined the Little League of Dubai. As a result our family is now spending many weekday afternoons and weekends at the local baseball park—a place where over 30 youth teams meet to play games. I love our visits to the baseball park. I get to [...]
A few months ago my daughter Amelia approached me about wanting to play softball. Since then I’ve been amazed at how fast she’s progressed and by the sheer joy she displays towards the sport. Being Turkish I don’t really know much about softball—it is a sport I did not grow up with. But, when I [...]
In February my daughter Amelia took a trip as part of her middle school’s Week Without Walls program. Amelia, along with four teachers and 23 other kids lived in tents for eight days in the Tanzania bush. Totally unplugged for the duration of the trip, the group spent a week focusing on nature, wild animals [...]
I often hear parents complain or express concern about their children being just “fine”. For example, a mom might say to me, “When she comes home from school and I ask how she is doing, the only response I get is, ‘I’m fine’.” As parents we are all naturally curious about our children. So if [...]
This February I had the privilege of attending the Coaches Training Institute Co-Active Summit as both an audience member and presenter about Parentology. The energy level of the Summit was unforgettable. Being in the presence of 400 coaches and change makers was both energizing and transformative—a reminder of the amazing potential we have as humans [...]
Michael Moore’s blog post, Join My High School Newspaper, is an excellent reminder to us adults that we must keep our ears, eyes, minds and hearts open to the world’s youth. Moore writes: Dear High School Students: How inspired are you by the thousands of students from Wisconsin high schools who began walking out of class [...]