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Are you interested in positive thinking for kids? during the years of children’s growth and development, they tend to go through many stages of self-doubt. One thing that is a given is that you will always find them comparing themselves to other children, and a lot of the times they don’t see themselves coming up [...]

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Experts say teaching children to react to the reality of peer exclusion now will serve them well later. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Toddlers learning how to interact with their peers exclude each other on the tot lot Kids need to be praised for their efforts, not their innate abilities Make sure your kids have other nonschool friends [...]

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Have I ever told you how the actions of others stop me from talking? it is as if their hand movements, their eyes or their tone of voice stops me from talking. I find myself focusing on their behaviors and forgetting what I should say in response. it is as if their behaviors become more [...]

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The following is in response to an article titled The Current, and Unfortunate, State of Gamification. It was written by my work acquaintance Dakota, who is a relatively new colleague of mine (though I don’t work directly with him). we have interesting conversations about board games, and he was the one who linked me to [...]

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When I was a little kid, they told us to pray for world peace. Since generally anything else I would pray for was stupid stuff like more candy or a BB gun, I stuck with world peace. It is such a comforting thought. You’re there ready for sleep, in your comfortable suburban house with parents [...]

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We all know our kids need a good night’s sleep to function well. Put them to bed too late, and they turn into Gremlins the next day. Cranky, tantrum-throwing Gremlins. It’s not just tantrums we have to watch out for with sleep deprived schoolchildren. Their performance at school can suffer too. being tired makes it [...]

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 How not to Praise your Child When my kindergartener recently handed me a series of stick-figure drawings, the coddler in me gushed, “You’re the best artist ever!” After all, I want to build her self-esteem and encourage her artistic abilities. but such praise has a dark side. The statement above speaks to innate qualities, rather [...]

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