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Why is This Happening AGAIN?!!?!

When parenting students with executive function weaknesses - with or without your own executive function weaknesses - life can feel a lot like Groundhog Day. Why is this happening again?  is a question I often hear from parents during EF [...]

What’s Most Important For My Student to Know?

(So I can choose my battles on what I freak out about). ...It’s overwhelming isn’t it? Here's what I'm hearing as a student/parent Coach: Even for parents of elementary-aged students, kids in the sweet, tender years we might consider “far” [...]

Student Mentors Build Leaders of Tomorrow

Meet Student Mentor Jack Maves Hi! I’m Jack and I am a current Junior at Chanhassen High School. I have a wonderful family with an older sister named Molly, a younger brother named Henry, and my parents Sara and Brandon. [...]

The Best Advice I’ve Never Wanted to Give

By now, 90% of the New Year’s resolutions have already worn off, so it’s time to dig deep and get gritty in 2023. Are you ready? Raise your hand if you’ve got a goal you’ve been putting off because you’re [...]

How Can I Help My Teen Avoid Self-Sabbotage?

If you’ve thrown your hands up because your teen spent 5 hours online playing video games or scrolling social media right after telling you they want to get their grades up in math and science, you are not alone. [...]

Want to Raise Smart, Happy Kids? Stay Humble.

Following a recent discussion of kids, character, and how to teach character in sports, I’ve been thinking about the good-old-fashioned concept of “humility.” The value and characteristics of humility can be traced from the ancient philosophers Confucius and Aristotle through [...]

Introducing Executive Function Skills Coordinator & Learning Sherpa Cindy Geske

Wife, Shepherd, Sherpa Hello Yellow Parachute Families and Friends, I am happy to tell you that I have recently joined Yellow Parachute Learning Partners as the Executive Function Coordinator and Learning Sherpa. I currently live in Minnetonka with my [...]

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