by lifethatcounts | Aug 5, 2025 | Family Health, Fatherhood, Parenthood
Being dad—and being present with your wife and children—is probably the hardest task you will ever undertake in your lifetime. But make no mistake: the benefits of doing so are unmatched. While culture often glamorizes freedom, independence, or momentary...
by lifethatcounts | Aug 4, 2025 | Family Health, Fatherhood, Parenthood
The Numbers Are Stark Let’s face it—the numbers are in, and they’re alarming. •Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. children live without a resident father—over 17 million kids grow up without the daily presence of a dad in the home [1]. •Among single-mother households, 34% live in...
by lifethatcounts | Mar 3, 2024 | Administrator, Community Partners, Education, Leading Leader, Parenthood, Schools, Solutions, Student, Talks
“The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over again, but expecting different.” ~ famously attributed to Albert Einstein From the archives: Nov 19, 2018 From infancy, we trivialize and quantify every aspect of our children’s lives from how much...
by lifethatcounts | Oct 29, 2022 | Administrator, Fatherhood, Leading Leader, Lifestyle, Motherhood, Parenthood, Solutions, Uncategorized
Creating and Maintaining Impersonal Safeguards for Healthy Human Interactions Working with horses has taught me a few things about exercising control of my emotions. You may not know this, but horses want to please you. They want to follow commands, obey, and live...
by lifethatcounts | Jan 8, 2018 | Administrator, Community Partners, Curriculum, Education, Leading Leader, Parenthood, Peer Mentoring, Peer Mentoring Coach, Schools, Student
Guest post by Dr. Vivian Jackson Peer Review of “Education is Broken, Pt1” John Williams begins his article, “Education is Broken” by stimulating us to engage in a comparative analysis of education today, and...
