Inside: Spread kindness as a family through this Family Volunteer Challenge for September by thanking our firefighters who are essential community helpers. It started like a normal day. It didn’t end that way. By dinner time, we were making plans to pack up our most valuable assets. We calmly explained to our kids that we […]
Tattling vs. Telling and Why Kids Need to Know the Difference
Inside: How parents and teachers can teach kids the difference between tattling vs telling and why they need to know the difference. When I was young, I worked at a florist for a boss who would often leave me to go to a bar for lunch. One day as we closed up, she got in […]
How to Help Kids Who Are Drawn to the Mean Girls
Inside: Peer pressure is hard to deal with for our young kids…especially when they get caught up with the mean girls at school. Here are ways to help walk them through it and stay kind. My daughter came home with big news today. She has been accepted into the JoJo Siwa club on the playground. […]
10 Simple Ways to Teach SEL Curriculum
Inside: Teach your students sel curriculum so you focus on raising kind kids who feel safe and secure enough to learn in your classroom. My first year teaching, I was so excited to set up my classroom. I created bulletin boards out of things my kid brother made me because I was short on money, […]
9 Ways to Raise Emotionally Intelligent Children
Inside: 9 Ways to Raise Emotionally Intelligent children so they have the capacity to show kindness and compassion towards others. The other day, my son was over the top, out of control, irrationally angry at his sister. And he kicked her, hard. Which surprised me. And upset me. And frustrated me. He knows better. He’s […]