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, understanding their thoughts and feelings and how they impact their behavior choices. It… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment
Tags: "Coaching Skills; A Handbook", Active listening, coaching as parenting tool, Coaching with kids, Confidence, Confident Kids, Confident Parents, leadership coaching, Parent coaching, parents facilitating problem-solving, Problem solving, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Self-management, Sibling conflicts
As you explore the new content on the NBC Parent Toolkit, check out this one in the new Life After High School section on a young adult’s changing identity. On the first break when your college student or new workforce member returns home,… Read More
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
“I just can’t go to sleep!” E said summoning me well after our nightly bedtime ritual had taken place. When I guided him back to bed, he layed down and flopped his feet up in the air with his body in a… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills
Tags: Bedtime, bedtime with kids, calming kids at bedtime, Gratefulness, Gratitude, Kids, kids getting to sleep, kids going to sleep, kids' anxieties, kids' worries, Mindfulness, Parents, reflective thinking, relaxation at bedtime, restless mind, Self awareness, self-soothing
By Guest Writer, Ann Douglas Imagine how tough it must be to be a kid, trying to crack the code that is human emotion. Just when you think you’ve got everything all figured out, someone tosses you a curveball by reacting in… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills
Tags: "Parenting through the Storm", Ann Douglas, Emotional awareness, Kids and emotions, Learning about emotions, learning about feelings, Parents helping kids with emotions, Relationship skills, Self awareness, surprising facts about emotions
How do you make the changes you desire? “I know what I don’t want to do, but I’m not sure what I can do instead.” said a parent as we discussed her challenges. Often it is easier to look back on the… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills
Tags: behavioral patterns, changing parenting, changing parenting patterns, Daniel Siegel, Gretchen Rubin, kid challenges, parenting change, parents' emotions, Self awareness, support for change
“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
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
Check out “A Win for Everyone: Collaborative Games” by Jennifer Miller, author of Confident Parents, Confident Kids on the NBC Education Nation’s Parent Toolkit blog. The article includes numerous cooperative game ideas for you to introduce to your kids whether its in… Read More
Category: Practicing Social and Emotional Skills
Tags: Collaboration, Collaborative games, Competition, Cooperative games, Effective listening, Empathy, Impulse control, Jennifer Miller, NBC Education Nation, NBC Parent Toolkit, Nonverbal communication, Problem solving, Self awareness, Trust building, Turn taking
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
Social
Tag: Self awareness
Leave a Comment
Posted on July 13, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Coaching – A Tool for Raising Confident Kids
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, understanding their thoughts and feelings and how they impact their behavior choices. It… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: "Coaching Skills; A Handbook", Active listening, coaching as parenting tool, Coaching with kids, Confidence, Confident Kids, Confident Parents, leadership coaching, Parent coaching, parents facilitating problem-solving, Problem solving, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Self-management, Sibling conflicts
2 Comments
Posted on May 26, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
On the New Parent Toolkit — “Young Adult Identity Development: A Parent’s Guide”
As you explore the new content on the NBC Parent Toolkit, check out this one in the new Life After High School section on a young adult’s changing identity. On the first break when your college student or new workforce member returns home,… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: college students, Emerging Adults, Jennifer Miller, NBC Education Nation, NBC Parent Toolkit, parenting young adults, Self awareness, Young adult identity, young adult identity development, young adult's self-awareness
2 Comments
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… 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
2 Comments
Posted on November 3, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Monkey Mind at Bedtime, Reflecting on Children’s Thinking
“I just can’t go to sleep!” E said summoning me well after our nightly bedtime ritual had taken place. When I guided him back to bed, he layed down and flopped his feet up in the air with his body in a… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Bedtime, bedtime with kids, calming kids at bedtime, Gratefulness, Gratitude, Kids, kids getting to sleep, kids going to sleep, kids' anxieties, kids' worries, Mindfulness, Parents, reflective thinking, relaxation at bedtime, restless mind, Self awareness, self-soothing
6 Comments
Posted on September 22, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Seven Surprising Facts About Emotions That Every Child Needs to Know
By Guest Writer, Ann Douglas Imagine how tough it must be to be a kid, trying to crack the code that is human emotion. Just when you think you’ve got everything all figured out, someone tosses you a curveball by reacting in… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills, Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: "Parenting through the Storm", Ann Douglas, Emotional awareness, Kids and emotions, Learning about emotions, learning about feelings, Parents helping kids with emotions, Relationship skills, Self awareness, surprising facts about emotions
2 Comments
Posted on March 3, 2016 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Changing Undesirable Patterns
How do you make the changes you desire? “I know what I don’t want to do, but I’m not sure what I can do instead.” said a parent as we discussed her challenges. Often it is easier to look back on the… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment, Modeling Social and Emotional Skills Tags: behavioral patterns, changing parenting, changing parenting patterns, Daniel Siegel, Gretchen Rubin, kid challenges, parenting change, parents' emotions, Self awareness, support for change
Leave a Comment
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… 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
4 Comments
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…. 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
Leave a Comment
Posted on April 27, 2015 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
“A Win for Everyone: Collaborative Games” on NBC Parent Toolkit
Check out “A Win for Everyone: Collaborative Games” by Jennifer Miller, author of Confident Parents, Confident Kids on the NBC Education Nation’s Parent Toolkit blog. The article includes numerous cooperative game ideas for you to introduce to your kids whether its in… Read More
Category: Practicing Social and Emotional Skills Tags: Collaboration, Collaborative games, Competition, Cooperative games, Effective listening, Empathy, Impulse control, Jennifer Miller, NBC Education Nation, NBC Parent Toolkit, Nonverbal communication, Problem solving, Self awareness, Trust building, Turn taking
2 Comments
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… 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
Check out my summer reading list for parents!
Power Struggles Over Screen Time?
Have a young adult son or daughter?
Don’t Miss These Summer Reading Recommendations for 7-12-Year-Olds!
Is Your Child Transitioning from Preschool to Kindergarten?
Advancing to a new grade level or changing schools can be stressful!
NEW ITEMS!
The latest…
Follow me on Twitter
My Tweets“Like” me on Facebook
Check out my illustrations on Pinterest
Reader on Confident Parents, Confident Kids…
Maurice Elias, author of Emotionally Intelligent Parenting and Psychology Professor at Rutgers University writes…
Read more about…
Good reads
Categories
Top Posts & Pages
Blog with Integrity