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Category Archives: Life Skills
Time Over Money: A New Year’s Resolution Worth $2,200
What if you could make a New Year’s resolution this year that was equivalent to the happiness bump you’d get from a $2,200 raise—without changing any behaviors at all? Read on, my friend. One opportunity the coronavirus pandemic has offered … Continue reading
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Tagged memory dividend, not enough time, pandemic parenting, teach children, time poverty, time wealth, value of time
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Happy to Announce My New Book!
As many of you are aware, I’ve been working on a book project for the last few years based on this blog and much additional research. For those of you who’ve offered feedback and suggestions to my blog posts … Continue reading
People Are the Priority
It was clear early on that my friend Christina’s daughter Ava was a bright girl. She was one of those toddlers who spoke in eloquent sentences when my same-age son was struggling to put two words together. Her parents were … Continue reading
Posted in Life Skills, Parenting, Teaching Social/Emotional Skills
Tagged entitled kids, Karl Pillemer, my classes are pointless, my kid doesn't respect her teachers, my kid is not good with people, my teachers are stupid, people more important than things, relationships over things, school is boring
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Teaching Kids to Advocate for Themselves – And 5 Ways to Help Little Kids Learn This Skill
Recently my husband Todd, and Daniel, our fifth grader, walked in the door on a particularly gray and blustery afternoon, their grim faces matching the outdoor weather. “What’s wrong?” I wanted to know. “Daniel’s teacher put him next to Jonah … Continue reading
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Tagged advocacy in little kids, child has problem with another student, child needs to talk to teacher, how can my son talk with his teacher, my daughter is shy at school, my kid needs to speak up in class, self advocacy, Stuart Diamond, student emails teacher, teaching kids to negotiate, teaching young kids to problem-solve
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Toward Media Savvy Kids
A while back Todd took our daughter Annie (8) to the nearby hardware store. This locally-owned place is stocked with just about every basic item you could want. Todd needed drywall anchors and screws. Annie asked to stay by the … Continue reading
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Tagged ads on computer games, Center for a New American Dream, help kids reduce consumerism, internet advertising and kids, Japanese erasers, Marie Sherlock, media literacy for kids, my kid believes ads on tv, my kids doesn't understand that ads are ads, Shari Graydon, teach kids about advertising, teach kids marketing tricks, teach kids media literacy
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Teaching Kids to Save Money
Saving versus spending: Each of my three kids falls into a separate section of this continuum, depending on how recently they received birthday money. On the one hand it’s enlightening to see what my kids choose to buy with their … Continue reading
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