https://youtube.com/shorts/Tqwik_0Svm4 In a world where titles are often dropped and communication is increasingly casual, some parents wonder why we still insist on “Yes, sir” and “Yes, ma’am” at Championship Martial Arts – Oak Creek. Is it old-fashioned? Perhaps. Is it necessary? Absolutely, unequivocally, yes. The “Respect for the Technique” We aren’t teaching kids how to […]
https://youtu.be/kV6oaxmHt3s If you have a child in the Oak Creek-Franklin School District, you know the “Homework Battle.” It’s the time of day when the house goes from peaceful to a war zone. You ask them to start their math, and suddenly they are the most distracted, lethargic, and argumentative people on the planet. As a […]
https://youtu.be/TpvNXXwog28 As a former teacher with a Master’s in Education, I see the same pattern everywhere: parents who are so terrified of their child failing that they clear every obstacle out of their way. They want to provide their child with every advantage they didn’t have as a kid. But here is the hard truth: […]
https://youtu.be/Oy-prlzHQac Every parent of a martial artist has heard the words: “I don’t want to go to class today.” It’s frustrating. It makes you wonder if you’re wasting your time and money. You start to think, maybe they aren’t built for this. As a former teacher with a Master’s in Education, I’m here to tell […]
https://youtu.be/WSXTrVYADwM I’ve been a martial arts instructor since the late ’80s, but I also spent over a decade as a public school band and orchestra teacher. Over the last 25 years, I’ve watched the classroom undergo a massive transformation. We went from having one “Computer Lab” that you had to sign up for, to mobile […]
https://youtu.be/CLTWOoQs_Mc As a parent of a 13 and 14-year-old, I know the schedule is relentless. It’s go, go, go. In the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District, we take pride in keeping our kids busy because we know that if they aren’t busy with something good, they’ll find something else to fill that time. But as […]
https://youtu.be/44qIyrkrS-s Do you find yourself saying, “Go clean your room” five, six, or seven times before anything actually happens? You aren’t alone. As a former teacher with a Master’s in Education, I’ve seen this “Nagging Cycle” in almost every household in Oak Creek. The problem isn’t that your child is being “bad.” The problem is […]
https://youtu.be/9r2dmbrg7Dw I’m old enough to remember the leap from Atari to the original Super Mario Brothers. The very first thing you did in that game was walk across the screen and hit a brick with a question mark. Boom. Out popped a mushroom. You ate it, you got big, and you felt powerful. As a […]
https://youtu.be/8kl5az-5LzE As a former teacher with a Master’s in Education, I’ve seen how the traditional school system handles confidence. Usually, a student works for three or four months toward one major grade or report card. That is a long time for a child to wait for a “win.” If they struggle in month one, they […]
https://youtu.be/L6dEAvPM0HA If your child seems to be in a bad mood the moment they put down their tablet, you aren’t alone. As a former elementary teacher with 10 years in the classroom and a Master’s in Education, I’ve watched the “plugged-in” culture take over. It used to be that kids just watched a few cartoons […]
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