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Too Many Of Our Young Men Lack Wise Men To Confide In

It grieves my heart to see so many millennial men emotionally hurting and in need of guidance. So I try my best to be a spiritual father to as many men as possible. I know what it feels like being a man without a wise man in my life faithfully teaching me how to be a comprehensive one.

Stress In Teens And What Could Be Triggering It

May 11, 2022

Parents! Did you know that not only can teens experience stress, but many teens suffer with stress levels that compare to adults?โฃโฃ โฃโฃ The best way to understand how your teen processes stress is to engage in open communication. Itโ€™s important for parents to normalize…

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The Skillman Foundation at Davis Aerospace High School

May 10, 2022

We want to give a ๐˜๐˜œ๐˜Ž๐˜Œ thank you to The Skillman Foundation for their partnership with our health and wellness initiative! โฃ โฃ As a result, we were able to treat the hard working teachers at Davis Aerospace High School to a spa day during…

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5 Symptoms of Depression in Teens

May 6, 2022

In case you didnโ€™t know, ๐Œ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก! And we want our Yunion parents to be well educated on mental health especially when it comes to their kids as well as for themselves. So letโ€™s keep the conversation going! โฃ โฃ Teen…

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Trauma Informed Parenting Training Series And Mental Health Awareness Training Series

May 4, 2022

๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด! ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ดโ€ฆ? ๐Ÿค”โฃ โฃ May is Mental Health Awareness month! And we have ๐˜ˆ ๐˜“๐˜–๐˜› planned! โฃ โฃ Join us for our Trauma Informed Parenting Training series and our Mental Health Awareness Training series where we empower and equip parents with tips,…

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CR3โ€™s Self-Care Experience!

May 3, 2022

Here are some highlights from our partnership with CR3โ€™s Self-Care experience! ๐ŸŽ‰โฃ โฃ This past weekend, for ๐˜›๐˜ž๐˜– ๐˜๐˜œ๐˜“๐˜“ days, @dinahmsw facilitated a healing experience for some of our employees, parents, and community members connected to The Yunion. โฃ โฃ They started with a Self-Care…

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4 Different Parenting Styles

April 29, 2022

๐Ÿ”น๐Ÿบ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐Ÿ”นโฃโฃ โฃโฃ Several days ago, we discussed the difference between parenting styles and parenting practices. Today, we are digging into those parenting styles a bit deeper! โฃโฃ โฃโฃ There are 4 main dominant parenting styles. Letโ€™s discuss! โฃโฃ โฃโฃ 1๏ธโƒฃ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ –…

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Mental Health Awareness Training

April 28, 2022

The Brain Effect – How to Recognize and Respond to Signs of Distress

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College Readiness Bootcamp

April 26, 2022

Calling all Workforce Development Teen and Parents! ๐Ÿ—ฃโฃ โฃ Our College Readiness Bootcamp will be this Saturday, April 30th from 10:00am – 4:00pm. โฃ โฃ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ…

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Parenting Styles vs. Parenting Practices

April 25, 2022

๐Ÿ”นParenting Styles vs. Parenting Practices๐Ÿ”นโฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ While some of your childโ€™s personality and behavior…

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More Than Construction

April 21, 2022

We just ended the ๐˜š๐˜—๐˜™๐˜๐˜•๐˜Ž ๐˜Š๐˜ ๐˜Š๐˜“๐˜Œ of our Work Force Development โ€œMore Than Constructionโ€ program in partnership with Rockford Construction! ๐ŸŽ‰โฃ โฃ Our students and participants learned the business side of construction work. They were able to get a tour or Rockford Constructionโ€™s facility, and…

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More Than Code

April 12, 2022

This past weekend, we wrapped up our first ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐๐ž program in the House of Technology! Huge thanks to @ourjourni for partnering with us and @scommpartners for sponsoring our students and hanging out with us for the last several weeks. ๐Ÿ™Œโฃ โฃ ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง…

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How It Was During Puberty For Us

April 11, 2022

Parents, we often hear you say โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ?โ€ ๐Ÿค”โฃ โฃ The first thing we try to remember is, how it was during puberty for us. Remember what you needed and desired from your parents during…

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Meet the Team that Makes All the Magic Happen

April 7, 2022

Meet the team that makes all the magic happen! โœจโฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ: ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. โฃโฃ…

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The Danger Of Too Much Screen Time For Kids

April 5, 2022

๐Ÿšซ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐Ÿšซโฃ โฃ Parents, though we may not want to, it is our job to regulate the amount of time our kids spend online each day. We need to make sure our children have time for other…

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Societal Definition of “Being A Man”

April 4, 2022

Listen to this ๐˜Ž๐˜™๐˜Œ๐˜ˆ๐˜› convo of our CEO and Founder @mrjasonowilson with some of his students in this episode of The Cave Podcast. โฃ โฃ He sat down with @Cave313 students Elisha Nunn and Josiah Humphrey to discuss what happened at the Oscars, the societal…

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Parents, Here’s A Little Secret

March 31, 2022

Parents, hereโ€™s a little secretโ€ฆ๐Ÿ‘€โฃ โฃ ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ.โฃ โฃ Listen, we know all know itโ€™s easier said than done, ๐˜‰๐˜œ๐˜›, if you can get these two things down youโ€™ll save yourself a lot…

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