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The Importance of Laughter for Your Student’s Stress Management
342shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore Whenever I meet with students, it seems something hilarious is bound to happen. It’s part of adolescence—to seek out the bizarre, to poke fun, and to laugh at ourselves. I’ve come to believe it’s part of dealing with stress. I’ve heard from middle school and high school…
Continue ReadingWhat the GameStop Market Surge Teaches Us About Generation Z & Millennials
5shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore For years, younger generations have been the brunt of jokes by older generations who felt they were immature, lazy slackers who moved back home after college. A Twitter hashtag called, #HowToConfuseAMillennial even went viral, as social media posts often do. Some samples are: Show them a phone…
Continue ReadingTim Elmore’s Favorite Things from 2020
19shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore Each year, I usually post a list of my favorite books I’ve read the previous 12 months. This year, I am going to mix it up and go wider. Below, I have listed “a few of my favorite things,” (thank you Julie Andrews) thinking this might stimulate…
Continue ReadingIf It Weren’t 2020
18shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore The year started well, with our work and our money Our weather was warming, and our spring became sunny. Our life was quite normal, and resources were plenty. And it might have continued…if it weren’t 2020. As the spring unfolded, we got new direction, We were told…
Continue ReadingThree Words of Encouragement For You This Holiday Season
14shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore Don’t tell me. I’ve already heard it — you are ready for 2020 to be over, to turn a new page and start a new chapter for your story in 2021. Am I right? I know. Me too. But before you end the year, may I remind…
Continue ReadingSix Warning Signs Your Students Are Struggling with the Pandemic
13shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore I wonder if adults fully comprehend what’s going on inside the minds of kids today. Mental health issues were already mounting among those in Generation Z, but the Pandemic has taken its toll and left them in worse mental and emotional health than ever. In Japan, more…
Continue ReadingFour Secrets to Virtually Approach Social and Emotional Learning
9shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn By: Tim Elmore Have you ever heard of BeauTubers? This is a term describing beauty-YouTubers. A beauty YouTuber, commonly referred to as a beauty vlogger, beauty guru, beauty influencer, or Beautuber, is a person who creates and posts videos to YouTube about cosmetics, fashion, hair-styling, nail art, and other beauty-related…
Continue ReadingHow to Help Gen Z Develop Empathy in Personal Relationships
20shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Today’s blog is from Grace Hooley. Grace is a next gen researcher, writer, and Content Coordinator for Growing Leaders. While I (Grace) was in university, I studied with a fellow peer who had his finger on the pulse of the world. In every class or club he was in, Nick…
Continue ReadingThe Importance of Developing Emotionally Intelligent Schools and Homes
9shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn I was stunned to hear what had happened at Stanley Middle School in Lafayette, California. Seventh-grader Merek Mastrov, who is 12 years old, missed a total of 90 minutes of Zoom classroom time. What step did the school take in response? Merek’s dad got a letter saying his son was…
Continue ReadingHow to Prepare Gen Z for the ‘New Normal’ After the Pandemic
10shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn When I was a young kid, seat belts were introduced to automobiles. I remember in 1968 when the federal government made them mandatory. At first, they were only lap belts with no strap across the chest. People claimed they hindered movement and wrinkled their clothes. It was a strange time…
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