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Empathy Is a Verb: My TEDx Talk to Start An UnSelfie Revolution
Join the #UnSelfie Revolution to Raise Kids with Empathy, Moral Conviction and Courage To Make a Better World We’ve all had “I’ll never forget” moments: mine was April 20, 1999 watching the Columbine High School massacre on
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Want Your Kids To Care? Let Them Play
Join the #UnSelfie Revolution to Raise Kids with Empathy, Moral Conviction and Courage To Make a Better World Three-days-a-week taekwondo, sleep-away chess camp, and a full slate of summer college courses. Hmmm…could there be a link between
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50 Ways to Be A Great Example to a Child
Of course we want our children to become good, responsible, respectful and successful human beings! But in our quest to “do it all” we may forget that some of the most powerful ways to
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95 Ways to Raise Kids To Think WE, Not ME (Part I)
Last week I joined with NBC’s Education Nation to have another hour-long Twitter chat. This is our fourth time and always a thrill. This time the folks at Education Nation asked me to share
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Identity Crisis: A Great New YA Book
Books have always been one of the best ways to tug at our children’s hearts, help them explore new worlds and possibilities and also examine their own ideas or views. Finding the right book
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10 Ways to Raise a Moral Child
Let’s play “Back to the Future” and pretend it’s twenty-five years from now. Your kids are grown, and they’re healthy and happy. (What we all hope, right?) So here’s your key question to contemplate
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17 Ways Schools Can Educate Parents About Bullying
REALITY CHECK: A meta-analysis of over 600 studies on bullying found that a key to reducing peer cruelty is parent education. I’ve worked in bullying prevention with hundreds of schools around the world as well
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Top 10 Reasons to Build Our Children’s Moral IQs
Moral Intelligence is what helps youth act right with or without our guidance, and the best news is that this critical intelligence can be nurtured, modeled, reinforced and taught. Here are my 10 reasons
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