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An APP for Authentic Connection?
Photo by Lisa Trakis for WYSH, www.wearyourspirit.com I had a kind of spirited debate with a few moms recently about the onslaught of technology and young children. "Do you have a Wii?" they asked....
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If every young person in the world could know this feeling…
I love having my kids' friends over. Lots of them. Gatherings and get-togethers. A cacophony of voices, laughter, music, stories. On the last day of school in June, my boys, 12 and 15, invited two...
View ArticleThe hard science of tender discipline
Discipline is undergoing an overhaul. To be more specific, the science of parental discipline is turning cultural and generational beliefs and practices on their head. Scientists aren't setting out to...
View ArticleAnger is a signal. Listen closely to it.
Maybe it's overt... Blowing a gasket. Loose cannon. Wild with rage. Seething. Or invisible... Wound up like a coil. Blood boiling. Smiling through clenched jaws. Contained. Stuffed down. Suppressed. Or...
View ArticleYour brain on yelling and stress and tigers and love…
We are built amazingly well. Let's see..we have an internal alarm. A 911 center in our brain for when we are afraid. We have neurons that help us detect threat in people's facial expressions. We have...
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Sometimes, you have to let go to hold on
It's hard to let go. But sometimes, if we let our body lead us, letting go is natural. Even easy. Sometimes, there's a tipping point of possibility. That moment when we know, in an unspoken way, that...
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Why punishment doesn’t teach students to work harder
I know you're tired from being at work all day today. But, you have to do something now, something that is mandatory. You have no choice but to do it. After you get home, get changed, make something...
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