Check out NBC Parent Toolkit’s Goal To Be Greater campaign this back-to-school season! You can watch a short video of me and my eight-year-old son discussing our goal. There are also goals from The Honorable Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Kate Snow of NBC News, Mary Ellen Daneels, a high school civics teacher and more. Take this …
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What is the most important relationship to build as the school year starts? On NBC’s Parent Toolkit blog today, check out my article. Here’s how it begins… “Hi, Mrs. Miller!” I exclaimed as I bumped into my son’s beloved teacher from the past school year at a summer festival. “E was hoping we might …
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It’s difficult to hear the phrase “Say something nice” without finishing the sentence, “or don’t say anything at all.” I caught myself muttering these words recently as I watched a scene unfold from the cover of my porch. Two kids, around 10 or 11 years old, were walking past on the sidewalk while my neighbor …
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Tonight, join me and colleague, Jayne Greenberg, Director of Physical Education and Health Literacy for Miami-Dade County Public Schools for “The Power of Play” to talk about how play can impact children’s development and also what kinds of roles we can play as parents to encourage it. Check out Twitter at #ToolkitTalk at 7:00 p.m. …
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I am eagerly awaiting our watch party tonight at Ohio State University of the NBC Education Nation broadcast entitled “Supporting Our Students, It Takes Everyone,” sponsored by the NBC Parent Toolkit and Pearson Education. FutureReady Columbus and Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology are partnering to host our local gathering of 200 parents and community …
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Did you know that play is an essential part of how kids develop social and emotional skills? Find out how and what you can do to support it. Mark your calendar! Let’s talk about “The Power of Play!” I’ll be discussing the impact of play on kids’ cognitive, social and emotional development and my colleague, …
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I am honored to be facilitating a watch party in my hometown, Columbus, Ohio of an NBC Education Nation broadcast entitled “Supporting Our Students, It Takes Everyone,” sponsored by the NBC Parent Toolkit and Pearson Education. FutureReady Columbus and Ohio State University are partnering to host our local gathering of 200 parents and community leaders. The …
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Our children have an uniquely expanded voice. They have a significant platform from which to project who they are and what they believe. They have access to any number of social media vehicles from websites, Facebook pages to tweets. And that alone, the voice they are permitted, is a significant evolution from the perception of …
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Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: @schoolyrresolution, Consequential thinking, NBC Parent Toolkit, Questions and children, Responsibility, Responsible decision-making, Role of parents, Self-agency, Unique generation, Wisdom, Youth agency, Youth voice
In this busy holiday season, tensions and conflicts can arise easily. And old wounds can resurface as we encounter family and friends we may not see regularly. This is an ideal time to think about how you are encouraging forgiveness with your family members. Read the following and gain some simple ideas. Put …
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Category: Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Conflict, forgiveness, Freedom, Holiday season, Making reparation, NBC Parent Toolkit, Old wounds, Repairing harm, Second chances, Teaching children about forgiveness
Check out my article “Promoting a Spirit of Gratefulness in Kids – A Tale of Two Letters” on today’s NBC Parent Toolkit Blog. It recounts an experience with my own son, relates it to the research on raising grateful kids and offers a number of simple ways to promote gratitude. Why should we be concerned …
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Category: Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Grateful Rituals and Routines, Gratefulness, Gratitude and Kids, NBC Parent Toolkit, parenting and gratitude, Promoting Gratitude, Sense of well-being, Spirit of Gratefulness in Kids, Thanksfulness, Thanksgiving
