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Category Archives: Teaching Social/Emotional Skills
Three Questions, Then Calm
Online School at Our House Annie: “My Spanish teacher insists on teaching class from her back deck! She thinks it’s so relaxing out there. Maybe for her it is. Yesterday her neighbor’s kids got in a fight in their yard … Continue reading
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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How to Beat Cabin Fever: The Art of Roughhousing
When our middle child, Daniel, was 3 one of the phrases we’d regularly hear was, “Will you roughhouse me please?” He was so desperate for this kind of play that it was the only time he consistently used the word … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Social/Emotional Skills
Tagged Anthony DeBenedet, horseplay in kids, is wrestling with my daughter bad, Lawrence Cohen, my kids wont stop wrestling, parent and child wrestling, rough and tumble play with kids, roughhousing games, roughhousing with big kids, To-Shin Do with kids, using play to teacher social and emotional intelligence
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Tears at the Airport: How Kids Can Learn Emotional Intelligence
I was in a Barnes and Noble bookstore not long ago and wandered into the children’s section. In one corner was a toy train table with wooden tracks and colorful train cars attached to one another magnetically. Engrossed in play … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Social/Emotional Skills
Tagged Dan Kindlon, emotional intelligence, emotional literacy, emotional literacy in kids, feelings chart, John Gottman, Michael Thompson, parents emotion coaching, teaching boys to express emotions, teaching kids emotional awareness, teaching kids feelings
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“You’re smart.” Versus “You worked hard.”
Eliza lives down the street. She’s seventeen now but we’ve known her since we moved to the neighborhood eight years ago. She’s a tall girl with a tangle of blonde curls. She’s often wearing splashes of colorful apparel, chosen more … Continue reading
Teaching Kids Optimism
My daughter Annie started first grade raring to go. After all those years of watching her big brothers attend full-day school, her time had finally come. She was a real school kid. There was just one problem. In Annie’s mind, … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Social/Emotional Skills
Tagged child having trouble learning to read, cynical children, emotional intelligence, explanatory style and optimism research, grumpy child, kids who are cynical, late readers, Martin Seligman, my kid is so negative, negative child, optimism in children, pessimism in children, teaching optimism with disputing
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What Role Does Quitting Play in Our Children’s Lives?
My husband Todd grew early. By 7th grade he was 5’ 7.” For boys this can be an advantage, a luck-of-the-draw event that goes your way. Todd had always enjoyed basketball and his early growth spurt, along with hours and … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching Social/Emotional Skills
Tagged Amy Chua, Carsten Rausch, Jesse L. Hanley, kids and sunk costs fallacy, my kid is a quitter, my kid never sticks with anything, my son always wants to quit, pros and cons of quitting, quitting, quitting in childhood, quitting soccer, should kids quit, Stephen Dubner, Steven Levitt
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What is Enough? Teaching Your Children the Concept of Enough
I’ve been thinking about the idea of “enough.” Whether it’s a material item (shoes) or a non-material one (free time), how do you know when you have enough of something? Enough seems to reside at the sweet spot between needing … Continue reading
Sweet Spots: Helping Your Kids Find ENOUGH in Their Lives.