Helping kids navigate life's ups and downs.

Definition: To believe in yourself. To believe in your abilities. To like yourself. To trust yourself. To believe you will achieve. To know you are worthy of love and respect. To have a high self-esteem. Inner strength. Activity: Think of something that you are struggling with and don't believe you can do it. Repeat saying… “I don’t know how to do X (fill in your struggle), but I know I’ll figure it out with enough hard work.” Write down three things you like about you

Start the new year off by re-stocking your life skills toolbox for you and your children with ‘The 12 Cs’. For 12 days I will post definitions and activities of these 12 life tools. I believe that everyone can benefit from strengthening their life skills so they can lead the most fulfilled life possible. As the author of The Adventures of Ooga and Zeeta and the creator of the Life Skills for Kids workshop I put together the 12 Days of The 12 Cs to help refuel you and your fam

My name is Gretchen Burman, wife, mother of two children and super excited to start my blog. My mission is to help boys and girls learn The 12 Cs: 12 essential life tools that boys and girls will benefit from being exposed to, learning, and living during the influential childhood years before social pressures and outside influences take over. I do this through my book, The Adventures of Ooga and Zeeta and the Life Skills for Kids Workshops I developed after comprehensive re