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Parenting Tips · From the Classroom Open Ended Questions for Kids — The Simple Trick That Gets Children Thinking, Talking, and Problem Solving By A Mom and a Job · 8 min read In this article: Why the way you ask a question changes everything about the answer you get The W and H formula…
Surroundings make a tremendous difference. This actually happened to me. I posted it awhile back on LinkedIn and it got a lot of action. How it really hit home that your environment makes a difference in shaping you. I was visiting family this weekend and was kind of freaked out by some revelations. Environment/family plays…
Parenting Tips · Raising Confident Kids How to Build Confidence in Your Child (Simple Steps That Actually Work) By A Mom and a Job · 9 min read In this article: Why confidence is built in the smallest moments, not the big ones The power of sitting with hard feelings instead of fixing them How…
Parenting Tips · From the Classroom How to Know What Is Going On With Your Child When They Will Not Tell You By A Mom and a Job · 8 min read In this article: Why children tell you things even when they are not talking The six signs to watch for — behavioral, emotional,…
Consistency in Parenting Parenting Tips · From the Classroom Why Consistency is the Most Underrated Parenting Tool (And How to Use It) By A Mom and a Job · 9 min read In this article: Why consistent routines reduce arguments, meltdowns, and bedtime battles The dinner rotation system that eliminated “what’s for dinner” forever What…
Parenting Tips · Raising Confident Kids · From the Classroom How to Build Emotional Intelligence in Children — The Five Parts and How to Teach Each One By A Mom and a Job · 9 min read In this article: What emotional intelligence actually is and why it matters more than IQ Why 71% of…
Parenting Tips · From the Classroom · Raising Confident Kids When Your Child Is Nothing Like You: How to Parent the Child You Have, Not the One You Expected By A Mom and a Job · 8 min read In this article: The brown sugar gift: a classroom story that captures everything about seeing the…
Parenting Tips · Raising Confident Kids · From the Classroom Change Takes Time: Why the Lesson That Did Not Land Yet Is Still Working By A Mom and a Job · 8 min read In this article: Why the rule nobody is following and the lesson that did not land are not failures yet…
Raising Confident Kids · Parenting Tips · From the Classroom How to Raise an Authentic Child: Teaching Kids to Be Themselves in a World That Wants Them to Copy Everyone Else By A Mom and a Job · 8 min read In this article: The math test where my own answer was right and I…
Raising Confident Kids · Parenting Tips How to Find Your Child’s Hidden Talent (And Why It Changes Everything) By A Mom and a Job · 8 min read In this article: Why talents do not always announce themselves and how to spot them in ordinary moments The bench that revealed a hidden talent on a…