by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | May 12, 2016
I have learned a lot about patience from my youngest son much more out of necessity than desire. Until this became a mandatory assignment for my need to parent him in a way that would help him love himself, I embraced, loved and committed myself to my impatience. I...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Apr 15, 2016
BREATHE. EXAMINE. ACCESS. TRY IT. B.E.A.T. According to a N.Y. Daily News article, a five year old boy “tried to punch another kid and wound up spitting on a classmate.” His mother was told by school administrators he would either take a paddling or get...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Apr 14, 2016
Every day as an entrepreneur I put one foot in front of the other and do the next thing that moves me closer to being a Master Brand because I know my WHY. Growing up with an extended family that hosted EPIC conflict battles fueled by their inability to express...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Apr 7, 2016
In a recent parenting workshop I facilitated, we had a lively discussion about having courageous conversations with our children about the things they do that we do not like. One of my parents burst out with, “but what if it’s your mother?” The whole room laughed and...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Mar 28, 2016
The latest episode in the Katt Williams saga is a video tape showing him sucker-punching a teenager and the teenager reacting by wrestling him to the ground and putting him in a chokehold. Since TMZ first promoted the story, there have been longer video versions, an...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Feb 11, 2016
“I’m going to speak my mind. If they have the right to tell me all the things I’m doing wrong then I have the right to do the same to them!” Long pause from me. Certainly, any of us who are raising and/or regularly interacting with teenagers have heard...
