If you have a problem, don’t muddle through. Here’s a simple rap about what to do. Stop, calm down before you act. You’ll think more clearly – that’s a fact. Say the problem and how you feel. Set a positive goal (and… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment
Tags: Calming down, CASEL, Collaborative problem solving, Family problem solving, Identifying feelings, learning about feelings, practicing problem-solving, problem-solving skills, problem-solving with kids, Responsible decision-making, Roger Weissberg, Self awareness, Self-management, Social and Emotional Learning, social decision-making
Check out the article by Pam Moore that features tips for parents from Confident Parents, Confident Kids’ author, Jennifer Miller in The Washington Post today. It also features the important work of CASEL – the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning… Read More
Learn More About What Exactly You Can Do! Making the decision to have a child – it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart walking around outside your body. – Elizabeth Stone And this is the very reason why… Read More
A Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning Initiative I was honored to partner with CASEL on this important discussion series piloted last Spring in which parents came together to discuss their hopes for their parenting and for their children and how… Read More
For Promoting Social and Emotional Skills in the Home or Classroom Mandy is having a tough day because each friend or relative she meets can’t play. But the narrator of this story asks good questions of Mandy to learn more. It turns… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment
Tags: "The Grit Up Series", Abbie Kelley, Care to repair, Empathy, negative self-talk, Relationship skills, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Self-management, Social and Emotional Learning, Social and emotional skill building, Social awareness
Check out the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning’s (CASEL) newsletter for an interview with CPCK’s Author, Jennifer Miller! CASEL promotes the integration of social and emotional learning – the most critical skills for our children to develop – into preschool… Read More
As Parents and Educators, What Can We Do? The evidence is clear that most bullies have been bullied themselves (by an adult or a child) in some form. In fact, it could be surmised that all those acting out bullying behaviors are… Read More
You are invited! Because you follow and read Confident Parents, Confident Kids, you clearly care about the powerful influence you possess as a parent and you realize how you use that influence matters greatly. My friends, Cecilia and Jason Hilkey, have launched… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment
Tags: "Happily Family Conference", "The Heart and Science of Parenting", brain science, building resilience, Cecilia and Jason Hilkey, Empathy, family mindfulness, Jennifer Miller, Learning about parenting, Mindfulness, Parenting, Social and Emotional Learning
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
Check out this excellent new video on parenting and social and emotional learning produced through a collaboration between the Collaboration for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and the Chicago Public Schools and funded by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. Thanks for… Read More
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Posted on April 5, 2018 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Stop, Think, Go! Problem-Solving Practice for Your Family
If you have a problem, don’t muddle through. Here’s a simple rap about what to do. Stop, calm down before you act. You’ll think more clearly – that’s a fact. Say the problem and how you feel. Set a positive goal (and… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Calming down, CASEL, Collaborative problem solving, Family problem solving, Identifying feelings, learning about feelings, practicing problem-solving, problem-solving skills, problem-solving with kids, Responsible decision-making, Roger Weissberg, Self awareness, Self-management, Social and Emotional Learning, social decision-making
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Posted on February 21, 2018 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Today In “The Washington Post”…
Check out the article by Pam Moore that features tips for parents from Confident Parents, Confident Kids’ author, Jennifer Miller in The Washington Post today. It also features the important work of CASEL – the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: CASEL, Collaborative for Academic, Confident Kids, Confident Parents, Jennifer Miller, Pam Moore, Social and Emotional Learning, Social and Emotional Learning in Parenting, Social and Emotional Learning in Schools, The Washington Post
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Posted on February 15, 2018 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
YOU Have a Role in Preventing School Violence
Learn More About What Exactly You Can Do! Making the decision to have a child – it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart walking around outside your body. – Elizabeth Stone And this is the very reason why… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Parents, preventing school shootings, preventing school violence, School shootings, school violence, Social and Emotional Learning, Violence prevention
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Posted on November 21, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Parenting with Social and Emotional Learning – A New Discussion Series Free to School Communities
A Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning Initiative I was honored to partner with CASEL on this important discussion series piloted last Spring in which parents came together to discuss their hopes for their parenting and for their children and how… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: Caregiver Discussion Series, CASEL, Collaborative for Academic, families and social and emotional skills, Parenting and Social and Emotional Learning, Social and Emotional Learning
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Posted on November 9, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
A New Children’s Book Series
For Promoting Social and Emotional Skills in the Home or Classroom Mandy is having a tough day because each friend or relative she meets can’t play. But the narrator of this story asks good questions of Mandy to learn more. It turns… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: "The Grit Up Series", Abbie Kelley, Care to repair, Empathy, negative self-talk, Relationship skills, Responsible decision-making, Self awareness, Self-management, Social and Emotional Learning, Social and emotional skill building, Social awareness
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Posted on November 2, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
In the News…
Check out the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning’s (CASEL) newsletter for an interview with CPCK’s Author, Jennifer Miller! CASEL promotes the integration of social and emotional learning – the most critical skills for our children to develop – into preschool… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: CASEL, Collaborative for Academic, Parenting and Social and Emotional Learning, parents and SEL, Social and Emotional Learning, teacher-parent partnerships, teachers and families, teachers and SEL
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Posted on October 19, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
National Bullying Prevention Month
As Parents and Educators, What Can We Do? The evidence is clear that most bullies have been bullied themselves (by an adult or a child) in some form. In fact, it could be surmised that all those acting out bullying behaviors are… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: anti bullying, Bullying, Bullying prevention, Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, Social and Emotional Learning, What kids can do about bullying, What parents can do about bullying, What schools can do about bullying, What teachers can do about bullying
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Posted on April 27, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Coming Soon! The Heart and Science of Parenting — FREE Online Conference
You are invited! Because you follow and read Confident Parents, Confident Kids, you clearly care about the powerful influence you possess as a parent and you realize how you use that influence matters greatly. My friends, Cecilia and Jason Hilkey, have launched… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: "Happily Family Conference", "The Heart and Science of Parenting", brain science, building resilience, Cecilia and Jason Hilkey, Empathy, family mindfulness, Jennifer Miller, Learning about parenting, Mindfulness, Parenting, Social and Emotional Learning
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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… 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
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Posted on February 21, 2017 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
New Video on Parenting and Social and Emotional Learning
Check out this excellent new video on parenting and social and emotional learning produced through a collaboration between the Collaboration for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and the Chicago Public Schools and funded by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. Thanks for… Read More
Category: Building a Positive Family Environment Tags: CASEL, Chicago Public Schools, Collaborative for Academic, Parenting, Parenting and Social and Emotional Learning, SEL, Social and Emotional Learning
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