RESILIENCE: the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. You’ve no doubt heard this term resilience a lot in the media and in parent education books. Everywhere you read about parenting you hear about resilience and that your kids needs to build it up. But how do you do that? It’s not easy, but it […]
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BLORFT: completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine and reacting to the stress with the torpor of a possum -Tiny Fey, Bossypants When my daughter was in 7th grade, she worked for 3 days coloring and coding a map for history. A friend asked her to borrow it so she could copy it.
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Being listened to, enlivens us and inspires opportunities to explore what we think, how we feel, what we want, who we are and who we’re becoming. It is an experience with many benefits. -Mark Brady LISTENING IS THE KEY TO COMMUNICATION. Everybody thinks they know how to listen because we listen to people every day.
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IF SHE WOULD TELL THE TRUTH, IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER. This is such a true statement but, like it or not, your daughter is going to lie to you from time to time. It’s not because she has a major character flaw. It’s not because she is a dishonest person. IT’S A PART
WHEN YOU ARE INTENSELY CONNECTED EMOTIONALLY, YOUR DAUGHTER’S EMOTIONS ARE STIFLED. To breathe, she must push you away. To spread her wings, she must push you away. To grow, she must push you away. SHE NEEDS SPACE TO DEVELOP AND GROW. Imagine a caterpillar that is snuggled and warm in her cocoon. She’s gathering her
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In a few years, the coronavirus outbreak will be a story that we will all tell… Remember the coronavirus? Remember how people were quarantined? And the schools shut down? And everyone stockpiled toilet paper? Our community and the world will get through this. There will be more cancelled events, more schools converting to online instruction
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by guest blogger Dali from DaliTalks.com When my (then) 5-year-old was bullied, I had no idea that there was an official way to submit a bullying complaint. I always thought that walking up to the teacher or sending her an email was the only way to report any incident related to bullying and schools. But
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We are mourning as a community today. We will be respecting the privacy of the family who is going through such a difficult tragedy by not sharing details at this time… There is nothing that can prepare an adolescent for the death of a classmate, a friend, or a sibling. When you are young, there
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Think back to when your daughter was born. She was so fragile. You held her head otherwise it bobbled. You watched her every move and listened to her every breath on the baby monitor. You covered up sharp corners and barricaded the stairs. You bought the latest and greatest car seat. You protected her from
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Our teens are busy, our teens are stressed, we love our teens. These are all true, but these are not good excuses for forgetting about making them do chores. It’s much bigger than just having them do stuff around the house for you. Here are five reasons why you should absolutely, definitely, positively require your
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