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Posted on March 11, 2022 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Join In Celebrating #SEL Day by Responding
Celebrate #SELDay2022 by sharing what you do to promote social and emotional skills with your family!
What Holidays Are Celebrated Around the World?
Have you learned about traditions throughout the world with your family? We may feel closer than ever to the neighbors of our world. COVID-19 shows us, among other key lessons, that we are deeply and biologically connected to one another. Our children and teens may be socializing more online with friends in other countries who …
Posted on August 18, 2021 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Changing the Conversation – Student, Parent, Teacher Pandemic Learning Gains
Let’s Examine What Specifically Children and Teens Learned in this Past Year
Posted on July 15, 2021 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Weeding, Seeding, Reading and Healing
A Mother and Son’s Summertime Book Experience
Posted on July 1, 2021 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Understanding the Social and Emotional Development of Tween-Agers
A Deeper Understanding of this Unique Time Can Help Us as Caregivers Support Our Growing Kids
Posted on February 4, 2021 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Resources for Black History Month
How are you learning with your students or family about Black history and how you can act as a present-day abolitionist and champion of inclusivity?
Posted on January 18, 2021 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Today We Hear the Call of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
When we think of the civil rights movement or we consider our current circumstances, we may think of a country divided. But Martin Luther King Jr.’s message and the vision that galvanized so many to act bravely in the face of fear, consisted of values that any person in any corner of the world can …
Winter Solstice, The Great Conjunction, and Making Meaning as a Family
So the shortest day came, and the year died,And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white worldCame people singing, dancing,To drive the dark away.They lighted candles in the winter trees;They hung their homes with evergreen;They burned beseeching fires all night longTo keep the year alive,And when the new year’s sunshine blazed awakeThey shouted, reveling.Through all …
Posted on October 22, 2020 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Dramatizing the Drama
Transforming the Big Feelings of Now into Big Lessons for the Future Frowning faces, furrowed brows, and grumpy expressions describes our family’s morning meeting on Monday (and Tuesday, if I’m being honest) as we launched into yet another week of homeschooling. Tired of the pressures of schooling during a pandemic, we are needing to rally …
Posted on August 25, 2020 by confidentparentsconfidentkids
Learning about Racial and Social Justice at Home
We have a set of responsibilities as parents this (and every) school year in educating our children to think and act with social awareness. One of these responsibilities is their racial and cultural education. Though numerous schools will not adequately address learning about racism, its origins, understanding white privilege and power, and what it means …
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Teaching your Child or your Teen to Forgive
A Storied Childhood: The Impact of Stories on Children’s Development
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