by Steven Gottlieb | May 1, 2014 | Blog
Training is afoot. The Madawaska River is 3 degrees and in flood and you wouldn’t want your kids anywhere near it. There are still a few north facing snow drifts resisting the inevitable. Black flies are waiting in the wings to devour us. 16-hour days of learning to...
by Steven Gottlieb | Apr 23, 2014 | Blog
Boundless is not a faith based program, but one can’t ignore one of the most astute aphorisms ever written – the Seven Deadly Sins. These sins are deeply ingrained across all cultures and in all ages. They rear their head at Boundless. Reckoning with them in the...
by Steven Gottlieb | Apr 12, 2014 | Blog
Some of us may know someone whose second cousin’s nephew had turned their video game addiction into gainful employment. These tales do exist. Boundless had a student once who was ranked second in the universe of “World of Warcraft”, winning about 25k a year in various...
by Steven Gottlieb | Mar 30, 2014 | Blog
I am imagining a parenting debate about being punitive with three heavyweights – Rabbi Schmelke, an 18th century Rabbinic sage who touted tolerance; the Soup Nazi, an iconic character in “Seinfeld”, and Rashi, the definitive Hebrew scholar of ancient times. The...
by Steven Gottlieb | Mar 14, 2014 | Blog
Burton Cummings of the “The Guess Who” sang about the plight of raising teen daughters in the 60’s. Some of the key lyrics are below: “Hey man, follow your daughter home Keep her out of trouble Staying out late in the bar with the bad men Follow your daughter...
by Steven Gottlieb | Mar 3, 2014 | Blog
In describing the socio-economic status of countries, the anthropologist Jared Diamond uses W.E.I.R.D. to define Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich and Democratic nations. Here’s a WEIRD parenting catch-22: the character traits that engender success in today’s...
