6 WAYS TO REDUCE KIDS’ STRESS AND ANXIETY
When kids are stressed and anxious, the thinking areas in their brain shut down. The good news is that using a few of these suggestions can help your kids manage stress and anxiety—so they can THINK! Welcome to Part 5 (of 6) in the Brain Stages Social and Emotional Learning series. If you missed a […]
Summer is Coming—The Perfect Opportunity!
It’s Here! Everything You Need to Raise Successful Kids in Today’s Wild World! The 2021/2022 school year has been tough for most of us—whether we have kids in preschool or high school, or anywhere in between! Would you like to enjoy summertime more than ever with your kids? Even better, would you like them to […]
5 Ways to Help Kids with Anxiety
In my travels for workshops and in parent coaching, people often ask me: How can I help my kids with anxiety? In recent years, stressed out kids have become extremely common. We raised an anxious child. Now she has tools and enjoys a great personal and professional life. When she was little, though, she cried […]
Neuro Heart Education
Lots of parents and teachers have been saying, “Our kids are behind in school because of the past two years of pandemic confusion. We’re doing the best we can, and we’re not sure what to do.” If you would like your own children, or your students if you’re an educator, to be able to catch […]
Mindfulness for Kids: What is It? Why Do It? How to Start
Do you want to improve your child’s confidence and overall mental health? Studies show that practicing mindfulness for kids improves kids’ mental health and is teaching children resilience. So, what is mindfulness? The Oxford Dictionary says: Mindfulness is “a mental state achieved by concentrating on the present moment, while calmly accepting the feelings and thoughts […]
6 Ways to Build Kids’ Independence–and Confidence
6 Ways to Build Kids’ Independence
Give Yourself and Your Kids Grace
Give yourself grace? Give your kids grace? What does that mean? The pandemic has been rough on a lot of families. Thankfully, as more people get the COVID vaccine, we are beginning to cautiously venture outside our homes. Camps and activities for kids are becoming available during the summer. Even better, an increasing number of […]
Help Your Kids Develop the 2 Keys to Happiness According to Researchers Worldwide!
Would you like your children to grow up to be well-adjusted generally happy adults? Researchers have pinpointed two keys to human well-being—no matter how much money you make, education you have, or what culture you come from. And these keys are — drum-roll please — GENEROSITY and GRATITUDE. In fact, scientists can track what happens […]
6 Simple Steps to Develop Kids’ Independence
Most of us worry, at some point, about how our children will grow up and fare on their own someday—especially in this age of boomerang children (Deloitte 2019). We all know people with kids who have left the nest, floundered in trying to take care of themselves, and have had to come back home, regroup, […]
5 Games that Build Kids’ Skills
I recently tuned into a webinar given by the National PTA. One of their presenters cited a survey given to parents that asked if they believed their children had learned the skills required in that grade by the end of the school year. 80 percent of parents marked the box that said, “Yes, my child […]
