by Steven Gottlieb | May 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
As a parenting principle, consider the merit of “letting go” during these dog days of Covid. You’ll be creating conditions for initiative and productivity. According to a CAMH study released on Wednesday, over half the youth aged 15-27 are sinking into a feeling of... by Steven Gottlieb | May 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Boundless Community: We’ve all been waiting for the axe to fall on the summer, and now that it has fallen, as per Ontario’s announcement yesterday, it is received with great melancholy, and admittedly, some relief too. Our Boundless team just... by Steven Gottlieb | May 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
As Covid begins ACT II of its Shakespearean shakeup, perhaps, like me, you are finding that positive mantras are becoming anorexic. How many “stay safes” or “we’re in this togethers” can one possibly endure? I figure it’s okay to get dour once in a while. Let’s... by Steven Gottlieb | May 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends and Parents: In February, I spoke on an education panel, fielding questions from 250 McGill students about to complete their teaching degree. The event was a recruiter’s paradise. In a dark room filled with bright eyed Millennials and Gen Zees, scores of... by Steven Gottlieb | May 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends and Parents: I received a note from a mother whose family hopped in their car and headed for the hills of cottage country when Covid first drove them inside. It’s gone well for mom, dad and teenage son. Nature, by its nature, has provided plenty of... by Steven Gottlieb | Apr 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends and Parents: One of my pals just texted me a video of an affable British math teacher going all gaga about the number 6174. I first thought it was the U.K. head count for how many isolating family members have strangled each other. Nope. There really is... by Steven Gottlieb | Apr 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hi Steve, I am isolated with one teen boy -16yrs – just me and him, which is a bit of a challenge. I do not think it is a good thing that my son games all night (4am) and sleeps to 2pm every day. He won’t listen to me and won’t get off at 1 am, 2 am,... by Steven Gottlieb | Apr 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Boundless Families: Whilst dining the other night with my nuclear family, feeling unusually safe from any imminent threats of patricide, the conversation turned towards the absurd. My middle child (it’s always the median that ultimately sinks to the bottom)... by Steven Gottlieb | Mar 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dear Boundless Families: I was up at the boarding school the past few days, taking it all in. It looked like the set of a Hansel and Gretel fairy tale. Deep and fluffy snow draped our 600 acres in a cozy purity that is an ideal metaphor for your kids’ frame of... by Steven Gottlieb | Aug 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Boundless Families: Eager to reacquaint myself with the zeitgeist of each tribe, I have been snooping around the kids, trying to be a fly on the wall. This has proved rather impossible, as I have a reputation for being the crazy old guy. Kids sniff me out life...
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