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Vernon D. Gibbs II

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Prioritize Your Wellness for Better Parenting, Family Experiences

September 29, 2021 by Vernon D. Gibbs II

Don’t feeling guilty about not always putting the kids first? We offer tips to prioritize wellness of the self from time to time.

Filed Under: health, National, parenting advice Tagged With: COVID19, mental health, self-care, stay-at-home dads, work-life balance

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Being Present for Your Kids Small Way to Make Big Impression

July 21, 2021 by Vernon D. Gibbs II

You can’t get back moments already missed, but you can make new ones you — and your children — won’t ever forget just by being present.

Filed Under: gender / sexuality, National, parenting advice, relationships Tagged With: absentee father, being present, black fathers, gender roles

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Set Example of Good Parenting for Little Eyes, Ears are Always Upon You

March 24, 2021 by Vernon D. Gibbs II

Little eyes and ears are focused on us at home even more than usual these pandemic days. Set the example you want them to imitate.

Filed Under: education, parenting advice Tagged With: gender roles, role models, Teaching, tips

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Point of View Turns Family’s Bad Luck into Nothing But Good

January 27, 2021 by Vernon D. Gibbs II

Family learns unfortunate happenings are their good fortune by shifting point of view from what happened to what could have occurred.

Filed Under: parenting advice Tagged With: Christmas, failure, New Year's Day, Success, tips

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Jenga Game an Adapt Metaphor for Handling for Pandemic Schooling

September 2, 2020 by Vernon D. Gibbs II

Like in Jenga, we must learn from our COVID schooling mistakes so we can repair this fragile tower and rebuild it better.

Filed Under: education, National Tagged With: COVID19, games, learning, play, remote learning, school

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Apology Holds Power to be Greatest Gift to Our Children, Society

November 20, 2019 by Vernon D. Gibbs II

Apologizing when you are wrong doesn’t make you weak or soft. It makes you human. We should not offer an apology because we want forgiveness.

Filed Under: parenting advice Tagged With: discipline, sorry, tips

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