They can shower themselves if you install a hand-held shower head and install a suction cup wall-mount shower head holder lower on the shower wall. It’s easy to do and very cheap. They love it!


4-6



Let's all go on a "complaining diet." See how long we can go without a complaint for a weekend. Repeat often.


9-15



A simple trick to calm your nerves: Name 5 things you can hear right now.


5-15



1

Kitchen knife skills. Know how to properly and safely cut, slice, chop, dice, carve, etc.


15, 21



Chemistry is not the same thing as compatibility.


16, 19, 21



***Manners!! *** Etiquette is the secret sauce. Everyone appreciates being treated with respect. Etiquette is the art and science of respecting others. It’s timeless and universal. Customs change, hence the need for constant study, but respect is always the foundation. In summary: Be nice. Start with yourself. Study etiquette. It will help you in every single interaction you have, social, professional, financial, everything. Manners apply to every human, in every interaction, even on the hard days. Hence, the need for practice.


3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21



Make a gift of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations.


15



“I don’t know what I think until I write about it.” - Joan Didion


15



The person who lives in the body gets to say who touches that body.


5



"Love is nothing more and nothing less than relentlessly showing up for your people." - Glennon Doyle


18-21



Keep stuff on hand for guests. Be ready to be a good host / hostess at any moment.


16-21



Don’t use a bad word when you can use a good word.


10



Get book “Talk to Me First: Everything You Need to Know to Become Your Kids'Go-To Person about Sex.” by Deborah Roffman.


7



Let’s find an activity where you can work with your hands


11



“Don’t ever let anyone tell you what you see with your own eyes isn’t happening.” -English teacher Read Diary of Anne Frank together.


12



I love that you got chills from watching Wicked. You were 10 and already affected emotionally and physically by music. Bonus points for listening to and acknowledging how your body talks to you.


13, 19, 21



Go to movie Star Wars


12



Quoting Sarah Bessel: “One of the best things Jen Hatmaker has taught me about raising big kids: if they get on the roller coaster of Big Emotions, my main first job is to stay on the platform. I am NOT to get in the car and ride up


12



Look into Rustic Pathways to see the world and do some good.


15



Give book "50 Things Every Young Lady Should Know" by Kay West.


14



"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." ~ James Baldwin


14, 19



"Make yourself proud." Teach them to take pride in themselves - in their work, their behavior. Everything from a 3 year-old making her bed to a 10 year-old's homework. If they learn to keep going until they're satisfied it's done well, they won't need us to keep after them.


4



“The beginning parts are always the scariest.” -Jackson Daily (kid reporter on Today Show.)


10, 12, 16



Explore the magic of Deer Valley YMCA Camp


07-13



Doing something you don’t want to do just to look cool is the opposite of cool.


9, 11, 14, 15, 19, 21



Discuss the definition And ramifications of sexual misconduct (harassment, consent, etc.)


12



“The next generation never learns anything from the previous one until it’s brought home like a hammer.” - Harry Truman


13, 16, 21



Toddler years: Tater tots make everything better. The smaller ones cook faster and you don't have to turn them.


2



Model being a considerate person.


2-18



Universal Studios


12-18