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Preparing Teens for the 21st Century Work Place: Creativity

In There's a Stranger in My House by Dr James Wellborn

Your kids will be growing to adulthood in a century where the complexity of technology and the pace of change is unlike anything humans have ever experienced.  This is one in a series of columns devoted to identifying core competencies that will help your kid be successful in this 21st century workplace.  This column is devoted to elaborating the ways …

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Preparing Teens for the 21st Century Work Place: Personal Initiative

In There's a Stranger in My House by Dr James Wellborn

Your kids will be growing to adulthood in a century where the complexity of technology and the pace of change is unlike anything humans have ever experienced.  This is one in a series of columns devoted to identifying core competencies that will help your kid be successful in this 21st century workplace.  The focus of this column is on helping …

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Preparing Teens for the 21st Century Work Place: Adaptability

In There's a Stranger in My House by Dr James Wellborn

Your kids will be growing to adulthood in a century where the complexity of technology and the pace of change is unlike anything humans have ever experienced.  This is one in a series of columns devoted to identifying core competencies that will help your kid be successful in this 21st century workplace.  Twenty first century workers will have to wear …

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Preparing Teens for the 21st Century Work Place: Problem Solving

In There's a Stranger in My House by Dr James Wellborn

Your kids will be growing to adulthood in a century that, in the area of technology and the rate of change, is unlike anything humans have ever experienced.  This is one in a series of columns devoted to identifying core competencies that will help your kid be successful in this 21st century workplace.  Previous columns in this series identified these …

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Preparing Teens for the 21st Century Work Place: Parenting Strategies

In There's a Stranger in My House by Dr James Wellborn

Your kids will be growing to adulthood in a century that, in the area of technology and the rate of change, is unlike anything humanity has ever experienced.  This is one of a series of columns devoted to identifying core competencies that will help your kid be successful in the 21st century workplace.  This column will focus on general parenting …

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Preparing Teens for the 21st Century Workplace: Intro

In There's a Stranger in My House by Dr James Wellborn

Every now and again parents need to look past the day-to-day demands of child rearing to consider what it will take for their kids to meet the challenges of adult life.  This higher order parenting addresses qualities that underlie specific activities (like doing chores or getting good grades) or life domains (like organized sports or friendships).  While lots of attention …

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Encouraging Adolescent Career Interests

In The Blog by Dr James WellbornLeave a Comment

I spent some time with parents from Harvest Hands during our monthly parent discussion group talking about things parents can do to encourage their kid to be aware of and examine a wide range of possible career options. In between making kids pick up after themselves and breaking up sibling arguments, parents also need to help kids develop into happy, …