“I have amazing friends,” “I am grateful for our home and our community,” and “Grateful for E and Dad’s day in nature.” These were some of my son’s reflections that showed up in our Thanksgiving tree where we write notes on each day of the month of November to share what we are grateful for …
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If you worry and you can’t sleep, just count your blessings instead of sheep and you’ll fall asleep counting your blessings. – Count your Blessings, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, 1942 It’s true. People who think about what they are grateful for do sleep better at night. Psychologists have done research on gratefulness and found that …
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What would our family life be like without teachers, coaches, and loving relatives? Whether we refer to other caring adults in our child’s life as our village or not, he or she has a community of adults who act as influencers. These individuals are either unpaid or underpaid for the critical roles they play in …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Appreciation, Caring adults, Coaches, Family gratitude, Grandparents, Gratitude, Mentors, Modeling, Mother's Day, Significant others in child's life, Social and Emotional Skills, Teacher Appreciation Day, Teacher Appreciation Week, Teachers
If you are concerned about your children making a living in the world on their own someday, you are not alone. And because financial acumen is not typically a rigorous part of school curricula, we know, as parents, it’s up to us to help our children. It’s likely you’ve considered teaching your child about money …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: caring Socratic method with kids, Empathy, Empathy and money, Ethics and money, Fairness, Family gratitude, Goal setting, Money and values, persistence, Reciprosity, Self control, Teaching kids about money and ethics and empathy, Teaching kids empathy, Teaching kids ethics, Values and priorities