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Posted on December 19, 2019 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Rudolph Is the Parents’ Holiday Anti-bullying Lesson Worth Unwrapping
The beautiful story of a lovable, unique reindeer going from victim to hero is beloved by generations with a rich history and many hidden stories to reveal. Rudolph provides a well-known context for use to explore the roles of bullying, causes, and proactive solutions. In addition, the history of the story is a rich one, …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: antibullying, Bullying, Christmas lessons, dealing with exclusion, helping kids with bullying, preventing bullying, promoting inclusion, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Social and Emotional Learning
Posted on October 11, 2018 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Preparing Children to Stand Up for Themselves and Others
It seems impossible to get through voluntary playground duty without witnessing a child running with tears streaming down his or her face at recess time. This day was typical with one glaring exception. Walking up alongside the teary-eyed child, I spotted an upstander taking action. A second-grade girl was beginning to cry in a group …
Posted on October 19, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
National Bullying Prevention Month
As Parents and Educators, What Can We Do? The evidence is clear that most bullies have been bullied themselves (by an adult or a child) in some form. In fact, it could be surmised that all those acting out bullying behaviors are hurting and perpetuating a cycle of hurt. Most, at some point in their …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: anti bullying, Bullying, Bullying prevention, Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, Social and Emotional Learning, What kids can do about bullying, What parents can do about bullying, What schools can do about bullying, What teachers can do about bullying
Posted on November 16, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Expanding the Circle: Teaching Children the Values and Actions of Inclusion
If it is his privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter-dependent. ― Mahatma Gandhi All children have to deal with and understand the paradox of separateness and connection, of individuality and belonging. In utero, babies have no sense of separation. They are physically connected to Mom through the very liquid …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Acceptance, Bullying, Caring, Compassion, Friendship, Including others, Kids and kindness, Kids caring, Promoting kindness, Qualities of a good friend, Teaching kids inclusion, Upstanders
Posted on October 19, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Bullying Prevention Awareness Month: What Parents Can Do
In honor of Bullying Prevention Awareness Month… Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. – Elie Weisel “You’re a horrible person,” was what I heard and deeply felt though I cannot recall the exact words that delivered this final crushing blow. It had come after a series …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Bullying, Bullying prevention, coaching kids, Compassion, Confidence, discipline practices, Kids, Parents, School-family partnerships, sibling kindness, Upstanders, Violence prevention, What can parents do about bullying
Posted on October 4, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
50 Constructive Alternatives to Detention or Punishment
Ideas for Parents and Educators “Are you okay, E?” I overheard a concerned classmate ask my son as he walked out of the school building yesterday at pick up time. “I’m okay.” he assured the friend. In my head, I was saying “Uh-oh!” bracing myself for the unknown challenge ahead. I ditched my errand-running plans …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: alternatives to yelling, Bullying, constructive alternatives to punishment, dealing with bullying, dealing with child misbehaviors, Developmental discipline, Parent educators tools for discipline, Positive Discipline
Posted on June 23, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Parents, Kids and Bullying Behaviors – What Can We Do?
Have you taught your children how to respond to bullying behaviors? Their response can mean the difference between stopping the aggression or escalating it. And what if they are a witness? Will they know how to be an upstander? There are also ways we can teach our kids to resist social pressures and not become …
Posted on June 9, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
The Pathway to Our Kids’ Well-being and Anecdote to Violence – A Must-Read Book
‘It’s impossible not to be changed on the inside after being at the Seeds of Peace Camp,’ a refugee from Somalia told me (writer, Michele Borba). ‘Once you see that other people have the same worries and fears, you start to feel with them, and everything inside you turns upside down. You never go back …
Posted on October 1, 2015 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Parents, Kids and Bullying Behaviors – What Can We Do?
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. -Elie Weisel “You’re a horrible person,” was what I heard and deeply felt though I cannot recall the exact words that delivered this final crushing blow. It had come after a series of unconsidered and callous jabs and was …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: agency, anti bullying, Bully prevention, Bullying, bullying behaviors, caring school community, Collaborative for Academic, Compassion, Confidence, Courage, demeaning, labeling, power, Responsibility, Social and Emotional Learning, social emotional skill building
Posted on October 28, 2014 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Tonight – Bullying: What Parents Can Do
NBC’s Education Nation Parent Toolkit is hosting a Twitter chat tonight on what parents can do about bullying with Dr. Michele Borba, Today Show Parent Expert and author of multiple parenting books including The Big Book of Parenting Solutions: 101 Answers to Your Everyday Challenges and Wildest Worries. I’ll be joining and I hope you …
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