Teach Kids to Make Their Lunches to Get Nutrition Buy-in!

On rainy days in Southern California, teachers in many districts are expected to stay with their students in the classroom during lunchtime. Watching children dump their healthy sandwiches and fruit into the trash and then eat cookies and gulp sugary drinks used to drive me crazy. No wonder so many of them seemed foggy and […]

6 Ways to Help Kids Develop Empathy

School children in front of map

Welcome to the Brain Stages EQ Series: How parents can help children understand and deal with emotions—both theirs and others’—for a happy life. In these days of easy access to information, how we manage our emotions and relate to people has become more important than ever. Some say that one’s emotional quotient (EQ) is more […]