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Posted on September 5, 2013 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Making New Friends
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one. – C.S. Lewis Whether your child is starting the year in a brand new school or returning to a school community, there is an opportunity to make connections with new friends. Friendships at …
Posted on March 21, 2013 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Take the One Thing for Spring Challenge
It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in the movement there is life, and in change there is power. – Alan Cohen How …
Posted on March 14, 2013 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Parent-Teacher Conversations
Productive collaborations between family and school, therefore, will demand that parents and teachers recognize the critical importance of each other’s participation in the life of the child. – Sara Lawrence Lightfoot Teachers gain plenty of experience over time having difficult conversations about students with parents. However if you are parent, you may only experience …
Posted on March 7, 2013 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
The Comeback Kid
There is nothing as sweet as a comeback, when you are down and out, about to lose, and out of time. – Anne Lamott Rewarding but challenging, comebacks can be difficult to come by when you are in a conflict situation. The following comeback formula can be a powerful retort with great grandmas, in-laws, dads, …
Posted on January 4, 2013 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
A Truly Good Morning
I love the mornings! I clap my hands every morning and say, ‘This is gonna be a great day!’ – Dicky Fox, Jerry Maguire, 1996 Do you consider yourself a morning person? Are you someone who loves to get up bright and early and has energy and vocal cords that work by the break of …
Posted on November 9, 2012 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
The Heart of Family
A successful marriage (partnership) requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, 1966 Marriage (partnership): that I call the will of two to create the one who is more than those who created it. – Friedrich Nietzsche Most readily agree that partnerships are the backbone of …
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