New Opportunities to Help Our Teens Find Meaning Though the answer to the question, “Who do you want to be when you grow up?” continues to change – and precisely because the answer changes – we ask it throughout childhood. My four-year-old declared he wanted to be Darth Vader. My seven-year-old knew he wanted to …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: emerging adults and purpose, Greater Good Science Center, helping children find purpose, helping kids find meaning, inner knowledge, John Templeton Foundation, meaningful life, Prosocial, Purpose, sense of purpose, showing confidence in our kids, teen anxiety, teen depression, teen sense of meaning, teen sense of purpose, trusting our kids
Posted on January 2, 2014 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
We do not learn from experience…we learn from reflecting on experience. – John Dewey January is always a time in which my family and I reflect on the past year and dream about our hopes for the future. We try and step back and look at the big picture before diving into our specific plans …
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Family, Learning, Meaning, New year, Open-ended questions, Parent, Parenting goals, Purpose, Reflection, Self awareness, Values
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