by Robin Cox | Apr 30, 2025 | Coaching leadership, Mentors, Mentorship, Parents, Relationships, teachers, youth mentoring
How do you work through social media issues with young people? When I was living and teaching inAustralia, prior to my retirement, we had another teenage suicide linked to cyberbullying. People working in the field of mental health have pointed out, there might be...
by Robin Cox | Apr 1, 2025 | Coaching leadership, Mentors, Mentorship, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, teachers
Do you have teenage children? Do you teach or coach teenagers? Do you work in any way with teenagers? Some time ago, I heard that a young man I mentored in the late 1980’s had passed away in 2017. I don’t know what happened, and I am still saddened that Agrippa is no...
by Robin Cox | Feb 28, 2025 | coaching leaders, Coaching leadership, Education, Mentors, Mentorship, Parents, Relationships, teachers, youth mentoring
How many times do you stop each week and wonder where time has disappeared to? Or mope about saying, “I don’t have enough time,” or “I am too busy!” or words to that effect? Sixteen-year-old Jason once told me that one of his problems was that he did not finish his...
by Robin Cox | Dec 21, 2024 | Coaching leadership, Mentors, Mentorship, Parents, Relationships, teachers
Be teachable, open-minded, always willing to learn I have been spending time reflecting on the interactions I have had in a number of leadership positions with a variety of people of different ages and cultures over the years. Thoughts and ideas spring to mind. Here...
by Robin Cox | Dec 12, 2024 | Coaching leadership, Mentors, Mentorship, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, teachers
Do you think there is HOPE for the future? That’s a challenging question to ask a young person, though you’ll probably be surprised when most answer in the affirmative. “What if _____?” I wonder how many times I have asked this question over the years? I have been an...
by Robin Cox | Dec 4, 2024 | Coaching leadership, Family, Mentors, Mentorship, motivating teenagers, Parents, Relationships, teachers, youth mentoring
“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.” (anonymous) I love this quote, as it resonates with me and my life journey to date, as I think about all those who...
