“It is high time the ideal of success should be replaced by the ideal of service.” – Albert Einstein Most leaders acquire their power from the choice of their social group to elevate individuals to that level. However, parents, by the very… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment
Tags: "The Power Paradox", Awareness, Communication skills, Empathy, Foresight, Listening for understanding, Listening skills, Parent reflection, parenting and leadership, Parents as servant leaders, power, Power and parenting, Relationship skills, Responsible decision-making, Robert Greenleaf, Servant leaders, Servant leadership, Service
Check out this exceptional example of the use of social and emotional learning in high school from Edutopia (the George Lucas Educational Foundation). Though often early childhood and elementary school ages and stages are times we tend to focus on social… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment
Tags: Edutopia, family connection, family mindfulness, High school social and emotional learning, mindfulness and teens, parenting high school students, parenting teenagers, Relationship skills, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Self-management, Social and Emotional Learning, Social awareness
It just started happening seemingly out of the blue. “Why can’t I watch PG-13 rated movies? I know kids in my class who do.” “Why do I always have to go upstairs for bed at 7:00? The neighbors all get to stay… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills
Tags: Asking questions of parents, Caring, Child development, Compassion, complex thinking, equality, ethics, Fairness, justice, kids questioning, Moral development, Patience, questioning authority, questioning parents, Reflection, Responsible decision-making, Rules, Self control, Social rules, stages of moral development
“Wouldn’t it be awesome if every toy in the world were one dollar?” exclaimed my son, E yesterday with great enthusiasm. “Then,” he went on, “I could buy everything on my wish list with the money in my piggy bank!” “Hmmm. Let’s… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills
Tags: Beliefs about money, Culture, Emotions and money, Empathy, Families and money, Family conflicts, Family stress, Happiness, Healthy relationship with money, Inner resources, money, Parenting, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Social awareness, Teaching kids about money, Well-being
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,… Read More
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
Today is the official opening of Confident Parents Academy! Now readers can become members and enjoy deeper learning resources through webinars, weekly tools and tips, support for putting practices into place at home and direct coaching on your family’s challenges. Parents are… Read More
Category: About, Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills
Tags: Collaboration, Confident Parents Academy, Deeper learning resources, Empathy, Power of Parenting with Social and Emotional Learning, Problem solving, Responsible decision-making, Video on parenting, Webinars
Check out the latest article by Confident Parents, Confident Kids’ author, Jennifer Miller helping parents prepare their children for responsible decision making by practicing thinking before they act and reflecting afterward on choices made. It was written in partnership with Roger Weissberg of the… Read More
Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. – Roger Lewin Coaching can be a powerful way to help our children become more self-aware while understanding their thoughts and feelings and how they impact their behavior choices…. Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills
Tags: "Coaching Skills; A Handbook", Brainstorm solutions, Coaching, Coaching conversation, Confidence, Confident Kids, Confident Parents, Emotion identification, Jenny Rogers, Open-ended questions, Parent coach, Parent coaching, Problem solving, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Sports coach, trust, Understanding thoughts and feelings
The Universe is made of stories, not of atoms. – Muriel Rukeyser Rabbits and owls happen to be two of E’s favorite animals so when we read a story about a friendship between them, we were both eager for the tale. The… Read More
Category: Practicing Social and Emotional Skills
Tags: Books with social and emotional themes, Children, Children's Literature and social and emotional learning, Discussion, Emotions, Friends, Making meaning, Mama Raccoon, Owl, Picture books, Rabbit, Reading with children, Relationship skills, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Self-identity, Self-management, Social awareness, Story books
– exhibiting sensitivity Art – the creation of works of beauty or other special significance – the exercise of human skill – imaginative skill as applied to representations of the natural world or figments of the imagination Being artistic is a human… Read More
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Tags: Artistic, Collaboration, Confidence, Creativity, Elements of a Confident Kid, Focus, Healthy relationships, Identity, Kids and Art, Passion, Perserverance, Problem solving, Responsible decision-making, Self-expression, Self-reflection
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Posted on March 17, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
When Kids Question Everything
It just started happening seemingly out of the blue. “Why can’t I watch PG-13 rated movies? I know kids in my class who do.” “Why do I always have to go upstairs for bed at 7:00? The neighbors all get to stay… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Asking questions of parents, Caring, Child development, Compassion, complex thinking, equality, ethics, Fairness, justice, kids questioning, Moral development, Patience, questioning authority, questioning parents, Reflection, Responsible decision-making, Rules, Self control, Social rules, stages of moral development