One of my goals in writing for Zykis is to present to all of our readers (you and your entire Family) a wide array of authors that offer extraordinary inspirational and motivational words and thoughts about all aspects of Life. One of John Wooden’s ”Favorite Maxims” is “Make each day your masterpiece.” Today totally embodies a masterpiece day, not only [...]
One of our main goals of Zykis is to create a vehicle or portal that facilitates making our world a better place for children and families to grow, play and learn-ultimately keeping them safe. Personally, the safety part is my main focus. But, there will be times that I will occasionally post articles on things that [...]
“America’s Coach” Dan Lier shares his tools on how to Raise Leaders on the first of four segments from his TV show YOUR TRUE POTENTIAL. Click Here to Learn more about Dan Lier
For many of us who are fortunate enough to have children of our own, parenting (raising our children) is and will be the most important thing we accomplish in our lives. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis when asked what her greatest achievement was, without a moments hesitation, replied—“raising my children, Caroline and John Jr.” As we begin [...]
You cannot listen to the news lately without hearing about bullying and the sometimes tragic results. Could there be anything sadder as a parent than having your child commit suicide because of excessive bullying? This, of course, is an extreme reaction to bullying and not a typical outcome. Nevertheless, bullying is prevalent in our society [...]
I had the pleasure of seeing this video last night. I found it quite amusing, but let’s not miss the larger point here: Should kids be allowed to bring cell phones to school? Why would a student answer a phone call during a class lecture? Are we teaching our kids to become adults that do [...]
I went to the most enlightening and quite frankly, unsettling talk at our local middle school about drug usage among preteens and teenagers. The “Parent Drug Education” night informed us on how prevalent drugs and drinking are among preteens and teenagers. They also educated us on possible ways to prevent our children from being one of the statistics. [...]
Today I am dropping off my three children, ages 8, 10 and 12, to school after what seemed like a significantly shortened summer. We had a blast…beach days, camping, car trips, hanging out, pajama days, biking, hiking, etc…a considerable amount of togetherness. Along with these fun times came bickering, disagreements, talking back, and some sassiness…Oh [...]
