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asking for help – Overcoming Fear

I am in a class right now on Leadership Development. The facilitator said the most profound thing. Overcoming fear to ask for help is the biggest obstacle in leadership development that you will ever surmount. No one is an expert in all things. The key is to know when the moment arrives that it is time to unlock the door/chain that binds you to trying to go it alone. Leadership is community development in a way that encompasses the skills you need to be successful in whatever you do. As a father, when I ask for help in getting services for my son’s, I am developing a community and being a leader. I am doing the job given to me by my child and their trust that I will do the job to the best of my ability. So, why are dad’s uncomfortable in asking for help? If we were

Parental responsibility? Apparently there isn’t an app for that either.

I guess it had to happen sooner or later. A group of parents who can’t seem to take responsibility for their own behavior is suing Apple, alleging that iPhone and iPad apps are too addictive. According to court documents, Apples games are: “Highly addictive, designed deliberately to be so, and tend to compel children playing them to purchase large quantities of game currency, amounting to as much as $100 per purchase or more.” Excuse me? Highly addictive? Compel children to purchase? Who owns the iPhone or iPad? Actually, a better question is who’s paying the bill? I hate to sound harsh, but if you authorize your child to make charges to your iTunes account–which is the way the vast majority of apps and their associated charges get billed–you’re on your own. What ever happened to just saying, “No”? This is all part of a growing trend where parents try to blame others

Our Battle Field: Part Three: Bullying taken to a whole new level

I’m not sure if it’s the unseasonably warm weather (although it’s been admittedly on again off again) or if it’s something in the air, but something has been causing the citizens of our fair Cheerioville – especially in my neighborhood – to act especially crazy lately. I mean, we are talking about a whole new level of crazy. That’s why I started the Our Battle Field series yesterday. This is Part Three. Please be sure to check out: Part One: The Shooting and Part Two: A Boy on FOOT vs a CAR Now that you’re all caught up, here is the second-to-last installment in the Our Battle Field series… Part Three: Bullying taken to a whole new level Yesterday afternoon I had just gotten home from Akron Children’s Hospital from spending the day hanging out with Gavin while he had his most recent round of IVIG infusion therapy for his immune disorder. We