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Every parent wants their children to be successful in life. Here are seven lessons that are common links between the relationship of parents and their successful kids.

Parents have a great responsibility to raise their kids to the best of their ability. Here are seven things that parents who raise successful children have in common.

Adopting some of these practices may help to ensure the growth and success of your children now and in the future.

They make their kids do chores.

Having a child is a truly life-changing experience. It shifts your whole life focus and gives you an entirely new perspective. Suddenly, you realize the huge responsibility you have to shape this kid's life. You know that the impact you make could set your child on either a positive or negative path for the rest of their life! Most parents truly want to be good influences on their kids. But figuring out how to accomplish that task can be a challenge.

ADHD is a perplexing, frustrating, and disruptive condition still too often questioned and misunderstood.

You just need to try harder or stop procrastinating. If only it were that easy. Here’s the truth about why we can’t always do what is good for us.

For the past 3 years, Chalk It Up North has been inviting families to come join in the fun and experience live entertainment, a color run, raffle prizes, chalk art, and more.  Held in the North Ogden Kirt’s Plaza, over August 24 and 25, 2018—it was a hit once again!

What does Chalk It Up North mean? What is it all about? Chalk It Up North is a local event in North Ogden supported by the non-profit organization, JUST-a-BREAK, which started as an idea by Greg Thorpe in Ogden, Utah. 

I hate the first week of school. It fills me with anxiety and dread. I once loved the smell of new crayons and was excited over the new backpacks and folders. Now I worry. I parent children from hard places; children who have experienced trauma. I’ve been lucky the last two years. I had a teacher that “got it”. I had a teacher that listened to me and studied up on trauma and it’s effects on the child’s brain. She understood that unaddressed trauma generates lifelong impacts that can end in early death.

Sound extreme?

It’s not.

Members of the community recently gathered, on August 16, 2018, to celebrate the newly finished addition at the Maria Montessori Charter School. Past, present and future students, parents and faculty were eager to be part of the ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour the new space.

Special guests in attendance were: Director Rene Baker, along with Assistant Director Lana Pas and several Maria Montessori board members. Also, Representative Allen Christensen and North Ogden Council Members: Cheryl Stoker, Phil Swanson, Blake Cevering and Ryan Barker. 

With grief, sadness is obvious. With trauma, the symptoms can go largely unrecognized because it shows up looking like other problems: frustration, acting out, difficulty concentrating, following directions or working in a group. Often students are misdiagnosed with anxiety, behavior disorders or attention disorders, rather than understanding the trauma that’s driving those symptoms and reactions.