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Category Archives: Resilience
Five Challenges for a Great New School Year
A new school year. Will it be great? Are you looking forward to the challenges? If you are a parent or a teacher I’m jealous. I miss having children around every day. Their absence compromises my education. But maybe you aren’t … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Brain Development, Challenge, Character, Children, Conflict and Issues, decision-making, Education, First Day of School, Genius, Leadership, Learning community, perseverance, Resilience, School Reform, Self-Actualization
Tagged Authority, building character, challenge, child-rearing, conflict, education, first day of school, kids, Learning, learning social skills, Parenting, parenting skills, school, teaching
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So, You Are a Graduate. So What?
a graduate’s speech “I have a proclamation: Let today be the last day we joke that we are stupid or crazy. It’s not clever to pretend we hate what we love, and it wasn’t wrong study it. “Let today be … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Calling, Challenge, Character, Creativity, Discipline, Education, Enthusiasm, Excellence, Genius, Greatness, Happiness, Imperfection, Integrity, Joy, Leadership, Resilience, Self-Actualization, Self-determination, Self-esteem, Success
Tagged building character, character, education, Genius, Leadership
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You’re Not the Boss of Me (Respectfully)
Our children are inundated with demands from the adults in their lives…. What an exhausting way to parent, especially when there are more effective ways to get the job done. –Maren Schmidt On a recent trip from Chicago to Oakland … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Brain Development, Challenge, Character, Children, Conflict and Issues, decision-making, Discipline, Disobedience, Genius, Integrity, Leadership, Learning community, Mistakes, Montessori Education, parenting, Preschool, Resilience, Respect, Responsibility, Self-Actualization, Self-determination, Social Responsibility, Teaching, teenager, terrible two's
Tagged Authority, building character, conflict, decision making, Discipline, Genius, kids, Leadership, Parenting, parenting skills, respect, teaching, teaching responsibility
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Authority and Boundaries
It’s 5:15 pm. Mom is at the stove making dinner. Her six-year-old Brittany sees a bag of candy canes that her mother just brought home for Christmas decorations, and says, “Mommy, can I have a candy cane?” “It’s close to … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Challenge, Character, Collaboration, Conflict and Issues, Creativity, decision-making, Discipline, Disobedience, Education, Emotional Intelligence, Failure, Genius, Leadership, Learning community, Mistakes, Parent-Teacher Partnerships, parenting, perseverance, Resilience, Respect, Responsibility, School Culture, School Reform, Self-Actualization, Self-determination, Self-esteem, Social Responsibility, Success, Teaching
Tagged Authority, boundaries, building character, conflict, Discipline, education, Emotional control, Genius, kids, Leadership, Learning, Learning community, learning social skills, Parenting, parenting skills, respect, responsibility, school reform, teacher, teaching, teaching responsibility
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