Bullying statistics and long-term effects
Bullying is occurring at alarming rates in the U.S. and the long-term effects of being bullied can be severe. Unfortunately, many adults are not aware that bullying is occurring with their child or...
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Delete…Re-Write…Stuck Brain
So I wrote and re-wrote and re-wrote again this blog. I think I just couldn’t decide what it should really be about. Should it be about brain development like the podcast? Should it be about learning...
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Taming the Tiger inside……
I’m a fairly mild mannered girl. It takes quite a bit to rile me up and get me excited, agitated or angry. I’m certainly not saying I can’t get there. I just run at a slower boiling point than some....
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Elementary my dear Watson….
Sitting on my deck in the sun…listening to the neighborhood children running through the water puddles left by the melting snow. The sounds of their loud and intense squeals of laughter remind me that...
View ArticleStorms of life…
A wild ‘Dust-nado’ that sent the town/schools scrambling a few weeks ago and the topic of Divorce made me think about how we cope with ‘storms’ of life. In a sense we begin coping with all storms the...
View ArticleChildren and Sports
Play sports for fun or play to win? When the focus is on fun, children are more likely to continue participating in sports and to develop an active lifestyle. But when parents and coaches push winning...
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Get a clue…
Hmmm so I wondered after the last blog about myself and my children. I checked out the resources that Donna listed and am sharing here four of the clues to overindulging children. You can find the...
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It’s awfully quiet in here
Psssst I know you listened to the Corporal Punishment podcast because it tells me how many times it was reviewed. It’s ok, I know this is a hard topic to discuss out loud. I sometimes feel the most...
View ArticleIs There A Problem?
Of course kids get angry. Parents get angry. I get that and know what to do to help children learn to express anger in appropriate ways. But when should we get concerned that there is more to it – that...
View ArticleThe RIGHT Kind of Play
I admit to feeling like I had a play deficit when my children were little. So much so that I used to make myself feel pretty guilty because as an early childhood educator I felt like I should be better...
View ArticleChanging roles
As I pondered this topic I first thought I would blog about what I mean as a mother to my kids (and what does research say about that key relationship). Then as I began to search and study I found...
View ArticleRemember when…
I remember every summer camp experience I had. I only had a few but I REMEMBER! There were pivotal things that happened at each one. They shaped me. They were so important to me that as an adult I have...
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