Last 3 Brain Boosting Games in the Series!
For the past five weeks, I’ve been posting brain boosting games to help families get through this difficult time of social distancing. These games are special in that they’re not only fun, they NURTURE BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, teach and/or sharpen skills in the Common Core, and can be easily adapted for ages 4 to 14 as […]
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 […]
5 Secrets to Help Kids Do Better in School that May Surprise You
People ask me things like “How do I motivate my kids to do better in school?” or “How Can I help my child get better grades?” or “How do you motivate a lazy child to study?” Below are 5 no-kidding, research and experience-based, surefire ways to boost kids’ brainpower and attitude toward learning for happier […]
Use Poor Behavior to Create a Peaceful Home
Welcome to Part 2 (of 4) in the Brain-Friendly Ways to Good Behavior series. If you missed Part 1, you can find it here. In an earlier post, I wrote about my friend saying “Obstacle or Opportunity” whenever I ran into one of life’s little roadblocks. Whenever I’ve consciously chosen to see a setback as […]
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: […]
Obstacle or Opportunity — Turn Setbacks into Celebrations
Welcome to part 4 (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, or Part 3 The Art of Listening: 3 Steps to Transform Relationships. The prevailing […]
5 Ways to Help Kids Become Grateful and Generous
Welcome to part 2 of the Brain Stages Emotional Quotient Series. (In case you missed it, here’s part 1: 6 Ways to Help Kids Develop Empathy.) You’ve likely heard that gratefulness and generosity make us happier, but did you know that scientists can track what happens in the brain when we practice these attributes?[1] When we […]
6 Ways to Help Kids Develop Empathy
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 […]
4 Ways to Make Gift Giving Great in Your Family
I read a hilarious post a mom wrote about how her expectations of Christmas morning turned out wildly different than the reality. Her fantasy of sharing warm moments of love, appreciation, and togetherness with her family shattered into a self-absorbed, paper-flying frenzy that ended in palpable disappointment with a highly anticipated moment ending too soon.I […]
