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Five Ideas to Overcome the Challenge of Virtual Learning This Fall
8shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Most of us weren’t quite sure what would happen when the nationwide quarantine was mandated and both parents and their kids found themselves attempting to work from home. What we now realize is that those students and their parents agree on one thing: Virtual learning didn’t work too well.…
Continue ReadingHow to Stop Being a Control Freak with Your Kids
11shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn I just spoke to Sharon, a mom who is now teaching her three kids at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first few days were novel and even fun. The adrenaline that flows from doing something new had kicked in. Now, it’s a different story. Sharon told me recently…
Continue ReadingHow Our Parenting Has Changed Over the Years
8shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn A hundred years ago, we read stories of how families were larger, how kids were to speak only when spoken to, and how parents enjoyed a more influential voice in their teens’ lives. In most cases, the acceptable style was command and control. My research shows that much of…
Continue ReadingSix Metaphors to Build an Incubator of Peace for Your Kids
9shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn A little while ago, I heard about a news report that gave me pause. ABC’s Good Morning America team interviewed the Chief of the New York Fire Department who said not only are the people infected by the coronavirus increasing in New York, but 23 percent of first responders…
Continue ReadingSeven Practical Strategies to Talk About Mental Health with Your Kids
9shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Even though mental health issues are on the forefront of our minds today, the topic still carries a stigma for many. Talking about depression can be hard. Trina, a sophomore in college, recently said to me, “We look around us and everyone else seems happy, and we feel we…
Continue ReadingSurvey Says: Teachers and Parents Will Handle the Fall Differently
5shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Here are some icebreaker questions for you: Why have people today felt the need to: Hoard toilet paper at the grocery store? Keep their automobile gas tanks as full as possible? Purchase enough masks to keep their faces covered for a decade? The…
Continue ReadingHow Often Should We Talk About the Pandemic With Our Kids?
6shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn When my kids were young, our family witnessed the Columbine High School shooting (a campus massacre killing 15 people and injuring dozens more) and the September 11th terrorist attacks (where almost 3,000 died). My daughter was in middle school, my son in elementary school. The stories were a lot…
Continue ReadingHelping High School Grads Make a Plan for Next Year
3shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Melanie, an 18-year old high school student, told me recently, “I am a planner, but these days I can’t really plan.” Such is the world for high school upperclassmen, especially seniors. As we leave behind the month of May, the time when schools typically host graduation ceremonies, students either…
Continue ReadingVideo Games and Smartphones: How to Help Your Kids Manage their Free Time
5shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Today’s blog is from Andrew McPeak. Andrew is a next gen researcher, speaker and the Vice President of Content for Growing Leaders. He is also the co-author of Generation Z Unfiltered: Facing Nine Hidden Challenges of the Most Anxious Population. I was talking to a friend of mine who has…
Continue ReadingThe Importance of Sharing Responsibility with Your Kids
17shares Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn Have you ever heard your student, employee, or son or daughter say something like: That wasn’t my fault. (And you know it was.) Mrs. Vargus gave me a bad grade. (And you know it was earned.) He made me do it. (And you know it was a choice.) You…
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