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Posted on February 23, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Social and Emotional Learning in High School
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 and emotional learning, middle school, high school, and college-age students also require skill …
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
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 up later.” And then what seems like minutes later, I hear “Why do …
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
Posted on January 28, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Teaching Kids about Money from the Social and Emotional Perspective: Part One, Self-Awareness
“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 think about that.” was my response. “What if?” I eagerly await those opportunities …
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
Posted on January 7, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
The Unique Opportunity for Our Children
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 …
Posted on October 22, 2015 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Announcing Confident Parents Academy! And Video # 3 – The Power of Parenting with Social and Emotional Learning
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 so often told what not to do, but seldom offered simple, research-based strategies …
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
Posted on June 9, 2015 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Thinking Before and After Acting; New Article in Smart Parents Series
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 Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning. It can be read now on educational reformer …
Posted on May 14, 2015 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Coaching as a Tool for Raising a Confident Kid
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. It can also give them valuable practice in problem solving and responsible decision …
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
Posted on April 16, 2015 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Sharing Picture Books to Make Meaning
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 good friends built their homes next door to one another but Owl couldn’t …
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
Posted on March 31, 2015 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Elements of a Confident Kid…Artistic
– 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 desire, one we all possess by virtue of the fact that we want …
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