The Single Most Effective Way ...

May 4, 2013 by

The Single Most Effective Way to Help Children Overcome Fear

Let me start with a little story. A while back, the Negotiator had an opportunity to run a zip line through a forest. The zip line...

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Project 100

Feb 24, 2013 by

Some time back, I read an article about an exercise where students were asked to do a different creative thing for 100 days and to...

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Anger Management for Kids (or ...

Jan 4, 2013 by

Anger Management for Kids (or how to control the Angry Pet)

Anger management. You say those words to yourself time and time again as you watch your child lose herself in the throes of the...

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How to Make Time-outs Work

Nov 26, 2012 by

How to Make Time-outs Work

In a fit of rage, your child did one (or more) of the following: hit you or another threw something at you or another said something...

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Resources to Develop Children&...

Oct 29, 2012 by

Over the past year and a half, I have written posts on a variety of topics. One topic in particular has consistently surfaced as...

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Sleep Strategies for Little In...

May 14, 2012 by

Sleep Strategies for Little Insomniacs

Sleep – that one-way ticket from the madness that is our day to the madness that is our night in slumber. Sure the nighttime...

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Celebrating Birthday Week

Apr 9, 2012 by

The Negotiator turns 8 on Saturday (!) and so this week, we are borrowing a lovely concept from his school to celebrate this...

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Learning by Creating

Apr 2, 2012 by

Spring Break is here and if you are looking for a great way to continue developing your children’s multiple intelligences and...

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Parenting in a Digital Era (Co...

Jan 23, 2012 by

Parenting in a Digital Era (Courage)

Following on our discussion of parenting in a digital era, today we discuss courage as a key competency for the next generation. To...

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18 Ways to Develop Your Child&...

Oct 24, 2011 by

18 Ways to Develop Your Child’s Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

So you want to improve your child’s Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence? Well, I have 18 fun, engaging and crazy effective ways for...

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Using Bodily Intelligence to T...

Aug 18, 2011 by

Over the summer I have been working with the Diva on learning the letters of the alphabet. The way letters are typically taught is...

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It’s Not a Big Deal!

Aug 16, 2011 by

It’s Not a Big Deal!

Following up on my earlier post about letting our children engage in dangerous play, today I want to talk about helping our children...

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The Benefits of Dangerous Play

Aug 10, 2011 by

The Benefits of Dangerous Play

I was recently speaking to some parents about our reactions when we watch our children engage in “dangerous” play. I tend...

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Learning to Learn (Part 2 R...

Aug 9, 2011 by

This is the continuation of series discussing strategies to help children learn how to learn. As I’ve noted before, learning is...

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Fear and Bullying (Part 1)

Jul 19, 2011 by

I’ve talked about bullying before (for instance, here and here), mostly in the context of vulnerability. Bullying can be...

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