Author Archives: Gary

A Father’s Example

Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice. –Author Unknown
I twitted this quote recently as this may be the most factually correct quote that I have ever come across. Our kids become what they see, hear and are taught. They are a direct reflection [...]

Teen peer pressure

Two of the most consistent hits we get on our LiveOurValuesEveryday.com website are teen peer pressure and teens and stress. The effects of teen peer pressure at schools which push you more and more each year, the effects teen pressure from parents to live up to expectations, various types of teen peer pressure to [...]

Christmas Reflection

As we enter the Christmas season, the pace of activity accelerates and our many commitments leave little time for Christmas reflection. We are so busy with shopping, decorating, partying, stressing and dealing with other distractions that the true meaning of Christmas may get lost in the crowd. Given the fragile nature of the world [...]

Positive Parenting

Parents can tell but never [...]

Parents and Sports

Having kids ten years apart in age, it is fascinating for me to watch the parents and coaches at sporting events for younger kids. They can be much more entertaining than the actual game. I don’t think that I was ever as ‘engaged’ as many of the parents that I watch, but I [...]

Values and Character Education in Schools

I am a big proponent of elemenatry schools teaching values and character education. Here are my top ten reasons.
1. Many basic values such as honesty, integrity and respect are not being taught at home. Kids are also coming to schools without acceptable manners.
2. We gain consistency in our communities by sharing common [...]

Issues with America

Fellow Americans
We have issues in our country that need to be addressed and resolved. In reverse order, we have a spending and debt issue, we have a moral issue and we have a God issue.
We are now borrowing almost $200,000,000(Two Hundred Million Dollars) every hour of everyday and have accumulated over $5,000,000,000,000 (Five [...]

2011 Survey

We have compiled the results from our L.O.V.Everyday!!! 4 Kids school program which uses our LiveOurValuesEveryday!!! brand and L.O.V.Everyday!!! slogan and logo to visually reinforce the values and character traits that each school chooses. We used SurveyMonkey for the project and all responses were anonymous. The survey was solicited from the teachers in three elementary [...]

Just say yes

While I am a firm believer in teaching our children to say no to drugs, say no to bullying and say no to hate and many other things, I would like to remind parents and all our other audiences about the power of teaching and reinforcing positive values, beliefs and behaviors. Now that our [...]

Fragile World

This may seem to be a bit off the topic of morals, values and beliefs but it is very much connected at the same time. In case you have not noticed, the world is in a fragile state. Look at the unrest around the world; look at Europe, The Middle East and Congress; look [...]