When any of us thinks of parenting and education, we usually think of the way it has always been. We cannot do that anymore. Parents are now faced with having to update their parenting skills to ensure that their children will be ready for the huge challenges of the 21st century. Truth be told, we [...]
When I asked a focus group I conducted with kids between 7 and 11 years of age, what their top three stresses are, they all agreed the No. 1 stress in their lives is achievement stress, as discussed in my previous blog, The Lower the Stress, the Higher the Grades. I could have guessed that, [...]
If you want to know the real truth about anything, described in graphic and honest detail, ask kids. That’s exactly what a TV station and I did in South Africa – we conducted a focus group with children between the ages of seven and twelve to discover how they interpret stress and what they do [...]
Kids have a way of saying things that are just so refreshingly real and down to earth. I had gone for a ride with a friend, Margie, to fetch her 9 year old daughter, Beth, from school. Beth came bouncing up to the car, opened the back door, threw her back pack onto the seat, [...]
Today I visited with the principal of a private school. After listening carefully to what I told him about the Teachers, Take Charge! Program, the principal told me that the budget for teacher enrichment had been significantly reduced. No budget for teacher enrichment? How is it logically possible? What can we do about this? What does this [...]
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