With Caleb heading into his Senior year and Mia starting High School this fall, I find myself with a new sense of urgency when it comes to teaching them ALL-THE-THINGS, but sometimes it feels like my words fall flat. Not only do my words seem to go in-one-ear and out-the-other, but I also come across as a nag: "Pick up your room. Don't stay up too late. Get off your phone. No ice-cream before (or instead of) dinner. You've been playing video games for too long. Clean up after yourself in the kitchen." I can see how, from their perspective,…