Today is a light day for me at work. The sales end just doesn't have much going on and I just have a few follow up calls other than that. I have a much needed day with my children and wife.

My 3 year old "future warrior princess" and "barbarian in training" was working with some flash card with my wife. I walked into the room and watched her name,out of order, about 21 of the letters of the alphabet with no prompting. The rest she got with a small hint. So why can my daughter do this and her cousin, who is 6 mos older, can't even remember my wife's name. BTW my niece is a lovely and cute and has no mental problems. That would be another story.

The reason is because we expect more out of our daughter. She eats right and we expect her to do her best in everything. This is very much due to our Barbarian Mind Set. The Barbarians expected everyone to do everything they could. No slackers there. Slackers were left behind.

So with Morgan, we expect her to do her best, just like the barbarians would have expected, and she does. Kids live up to expectations, whether they are 1 or 17 or anywhere in between. Forget what the 'experts' say and expect your kid to do his/her best. Do not settle for less. Everyday expect the best and give the best. The best love, understanding, instruction, and example you can. Do this everyday and you will get better, expect it everyday and you children will get better.

Get the Barbarian mind set and keep it. Stay tr to yourself and to your family everything else will work itself out.