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I confess, in my own case, "Philosophize This" borders on being addictive

 I'm a 74-year-old former teacher who now works part-time as a drivers' education instructor for a private sector driving school located in the western suburbs of Chicago. Generally speaking, this driving school attracts 15 and 16-year-old, academically inclined students who prefer learning to drive outside of the school day. This private-sector option allows these students to load their respective class schedules up with honors classes (not driver's ed) that, upon high school graduation, increases their odds of being accepted into the college of their choice. In short, I drive with lots of really bright kids from 6 different public high schools and 4 different private high schools, a large percentage of whom are straight A students. And every one of these kids, in their own unique way, is acutely interested in exploring the various issues involved with living a life that's worth living. But ironically, only one of these nine highly regarded high schools offers a class...
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Hearing someone declare a limitation ahead of real time capability-testing can

 How do you expand your child's capacity for a 'can do' attitude? Why is this important? Because when your child or teen says "I can't... (eat that/do that/learn that)" it prevents them exploring what they can do. Hearing someone declare a limitation ahead of real time capability-testing can be frustrating because it's a sloppy recall of a failure-memory rather than imagineering-success. If you believe their 'can't' you accept their limitation. Yet trying to persuade them that they 'can' do it (they ARE capable after all) so often engages a battle that sends them into the justification corner. Helping children and young people experience more in life, not less, means they get to expand their mental map of what they can do with their brain. This example from our Happy Brain programme, coaches a 10 year old child through an experience of high value to them. Gaming is the child's value. We'll call the child Joseph. "Joseph, a...
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