Around the time the Boston Celtics suspended Ime Udoka, my daughter was getting ready for her first year of high school. As a youngish parent (I was 23 when she was born, and I’m 35 now), I can still remember my first day at high school, so relating to the nerves my daughter was feeling came easy.
“Be yourself,’” my wife and I encouraged her. “Don’t change who you are to fit in with the crowd.” “Ask yourself if you agree with what people are saying or doing before you choose to join in with them.