by Michele Borba | Feb 25, 2016 | Bullying and Cyberbullying, Character and Moral Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Empowering Girls, Uncategorized
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 for the right child at the right time can be a challenge-especially for...
by Michele Borba | Feb 24, 2016 | Bullying and Cyberbullying, Character and Moral Intelligence, Communication, Listening, Empowering Girls
Worried about how to help your daughter navigate today’s plugged-in, complex, stressful-out world? Well, you can breathe. Lisa Damour has written the ultimate manual for raising today’s teen girls that will serve as your roadmap. It’s called, Untangled: Guiding...
by Michele Borba | Feb 22, 2016 | Character and Moral Intelligence, Depression and Suicide, Empathy and Kindness, Online Safety, Parenting
New book shows how to raise our children to be kind both online and off. “Teaching kids that their online actions, words, and shares can have an impact on themselves breeds responsibility. But teaching them that their online choices may affect others encourages...
by Michele Borba | Feb 21, 2016 | Stress, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
REALITY CHECK: Reports say that stress is mounting in our children, and that we parents are often unaware of just how stressed our kids are. Each child handles and shows stress differently. A big key to helping our children is learning to recognize their unique signs,...
by Michele Borba | Feb 20, 2016 | Character and Moral Intelligence, Parenting, Problem Solving, Conflict Resolution, Self-Reliance and Agency
In my last post (3 Skills That Teach Resourcefulness) I described three skills (brainstorming, self-reliance, and decision making) that help kids become resourceful and resilient. Here are three more essential and teachable skills (how to negotiate resist peer...
