What media isn’t telling you about living the good life
Are you worried your teenagers are missing out on the good life? Do you find yourself wondering when they’re going to stop complaining and start living?
You aren’t alone, but what can be done? No matter how hard you try they just keep missing the best things in life.
For the past few years, my wife and I have been in “teenager land” with four of our kids in the throes of various silly teen phases. I was ready to pull my hair out when I read a great book that pointed out my mistake: teenagers don’t listen to their parents… duh! I felt so foolish, but what to do?
The book cleverly pointed out that as a parent I can surround our family with great people who can say things to my teenagers that I NEVER could. Did it work? Roger that!! I now have excellent friends, family, and others giving great wisdom to my teens!
Today’s guest is just such a person. While he’s not speaking to my teens, he’s been speaking great things to kids since my wife was in his computer class in high school! Brent Gill has lived a good life. He’s got a ranch. He’s been on the radio for over 20 years, and recently he started performing weddings!
If you want to know more about the good life, or you want your teens to listen to a good ole’ story teller, go subscribe to the Table Top Inventing podcast in iTunes and listen to this week’s show.
What are you waiting for? Go download this week’s episode to find out more about the “good life”!
Peace and more of the Good Life this week,
Steve
Muahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!! Ok, now that I have that out... I can get to work. For as long as I can remember, I have been making things. This habit used to be called "Inventing" but has lately been repurposed by the Maker community with the term "Maker". While there are some subtle differences between Inventing and Making, I have discovered my passion for both by inspiring a new generation of Makers. In this quest to spark creative thinking and problem solving through practical and exciting projects, I draw on my background in biomedical research, high energy fiber laser development, and 15 years of building laboratory devices. As an experimental physicist with a PhD from Case Western Reserve University, I have seen research and development from many angles and am now bringing that experience to middle school and high school students who want to make everything from catapults to cybernetic augmentations. Through the medium of Making and Inventing, students are transformed from passive observers of education to active learners. This powerful shift fosters deep insights, creative expression, collaborative thinking and a host of other skills that are difficult to learn in traditional settings. Along with my wife Debby, an accomplished constructivist educator, I am on a quest to transform education and am looking for like-minded collaborators to bring hands-on learning to future generations.
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