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 […]

Self-Regulation—6 Simple Steps to Empower Your Child

Welcome to Part 3 (of 4) of the Brain-Friendly Ways to Good Behavior series. Have you ever been in public when your child had a meltdown over something someone said or did that you didn’t see coming? Has your child interrupted conversations as if he didn’t even notice people had been talking? Does your child […]

How Kids’ Brains Work — 5 Ways to Get Quick Cooperation

Welcome to Part 1 (of 4) in the Brain-Friendly Ways to Good Behavior series. I sure wish we’d had the information parents have access to these days about how children’s brains function and learn. New studies are published almost daily. Our girls had to deal with a lot of trial and error when it came to […]

Boost Kids’ Self-Confidence with these 5 Ways to Teach Respect

Welcome to part 6, the final post in the Brain Stages Emotional Quotient Series. You’ve probably noticed the underlying theme for how to help kids grow into healthy emotional intelligence and improve your own as well is to model and talk about how to respect yourself and show respect to others. The Oxford Dictionary defines respect […]

Teach Kids About Personal Power

Welcome to part 5 (of 6) in the Brain Stages Emotional Quotient Series. You can click the following links if you missed Part 1: 6 Ways to Help Kids Develop Empathy, Part 2: 5 Ways to Help Kids Become Grateful and Generous, Part 3: The Art of Listening: 3 Steps to Transform Relationships, or Part 4: […]