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Diagnosis Can Blind Us to Leadership Opportunities
After one of my workshops on “Finding Your Genius” at a school last year, the mother of fourth-grader Maya told me of the struggle Maya had with social anxiety. In first grade, she would freeze when it was her turn … Continue reading
Posted in Anxiety, Challenge, Children, Genius, Leadership, Learning Disability
Tagged brain development, building character, character, child-rearing, decision making, education, executive function, Executive Function Coaching, Executive Function Disorder, Genius, imperfection, Leadership, Learning, Learning Disabilities, learning social skills, parent anxiety, parent-teacher partnership, Parenting, resilience, school, school reform, self-actualization, Self-determination, teaching
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Relationships are the Key to Performance not Ability
We all want our children to “work up to their ability,” but how do we measure that? Traditionally, one starts by “evaluating” the child to determine a “baseline” of ability. The problem is that such results are artificial and distort … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Development, Challenge, Children, Diversity, Education, Genius, Leadership, Learning Disability, Relationships, School Reform, Self-Actualization, Teaching
Tagged achievement, brain develompent, conflict, decision making, Discipline, diversity, education, educational testing, Excellence, failure, Forgiveness, Genius, gifted, Greatness, Happiness, imperfection, Joy, kids, Leadership, Learning, Learning community, Learning Disabilities, loss, Mistakes, Montessori Education, parent anxiety, parent-teacher conference, parent-teacher partn, Parenting, parenting skills, parents, Praise, school, school culture, school reform, self-actualization, Self-determination, social responsibility, success, teaching
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Overparenting? Why Do Grownups Have to Take Over?
Why Do Grownups Have to Take Over Everything? Reading parenting talk from “experts” online, it seems parents are either over-involved or under-involved, either over-protecting or neglectful, tiger parenting or laissez-faire liberals. American “parenting” is either too “slow” or too … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Genius, Leadership, parent anxiety, parenting, Responsibility, Self-Actualization
Tagged Authority, brain development, building character, character, child-rearing, decision making, Discipline, education, Emotional control, failure, Genius, homework, imperfection, kids, Leadership, Learning, Learning community, learning social skills, Mistakes, overparenting, parent anxiety, Parenting, parenting skills, parents, respect, responsibility, school, school reform, self-actuali, Self-determination, Self-esteem, slow parenting, success, teacher, teachers, teaching, teaching responsibility, teenagers
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Kindergarten Readiness: Parent Strategy for Best Results.
A very reliable way of assessing children’s readiness for kindergarten is to bring twelve four-and-a-half-year-olds together for a one-hour mock kindergarten class. A teacher greets parent and child at the door, and the parent says good-bye. Most of the time … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Development, Children, Creativity, Education, parenting, Play, Praise, School Reform, Self-Actualization, Teaching
Tagged achievement, building character, challenge, character, child-rearing, conflict, decision making, Discipline, education, Emotional control, failure, Genius, issues, kids, Leadership, Learning, Learning community, learning social skills, learning to read, Mistakes, overparenting, parent anxiety, Parenting, parenting skills, pres, Reading, respect, responsibility, School Admission, Self-determination, Self-esteem, slow parenting, stress, success, teachers, teaching, teaching responsibility, thoughtfulness
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