by Michele Borba | Sep 17, 2012 | School Success and Learning
6 Steps to Take When Your Child and his Teacher Just Can’t Get Along What should you do when your child doesn’t like his teacher? Should you call the principal or sit on the class? Or should you brush it off as a normal childhood grievance and move on? The steps to...
by Michele Borba | Sep 13, 2012 | Character and Moral Intelligence, Empathy and Kindness
Children are hard-wired for empathy, but unless it is nurtured the trait may lie dormant. Parenting advice based on research that nurture our children’s capacity to feel for others One Experience Can Mobilize Heart Several years ago, our youngest son brought a...
by Michele Borba | Sep 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
What to say and do if you suspect bullying to help your child feel and be safe I know you’ve heard about bullying, but it’s a heart-stopping moment when you know it happened to your own child. But the fact is most parents whose children were targeted by a bully admit...
by Michele Borba | Sep 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
A fun activity that helps staff, parents students see all it takes is just one cutting remark to bring someone down! Over the years I’ve delivered literally hundreds of keynote addresses to schools and organizations around the world, but the...
by Michele Borba | Aug 14, 2012 | Materialism, Parenting
Parenting advice to help kids become smarter spenders, stick to a budget, and learn the value of a dollar Do you sometimes feel like your kid’s ATM machine? Do you worry you may be giving your kid an allowance when he’s forty-five? Does your child spend faster than he...
