I really don't like plays or movies that service propaganda.
When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn't leave until they're 20.
Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
Kids are natural scientists.
Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you.
I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something. I would box them into a corner with a badly formed question, and they didn't know how to get out of it. Now, I let them take me through it step by step, and I listen.