by Michele Borba | Aug 7, 2009 | Character and Moral Intelligence, Courage and Assertiveness, Peer Pressure
Michele Borba REALITY CHECK: A recent Time/Nickelodeon survey of 991 kids ages nine to fourteen revealed some troubling facts: 36 percent of the middle schoolers surveyed feel the pressure from peers to smoke marijuana; 40 percent feel pressure to have sex; 36 percent...
by Michele Borba | Aug 6, 2009 | Character and Moral Intelligence
Michele Borba REALITY CHECK: One strong characteristic of morally intelligent children is that they are empathic and concerned about others. An important point to remember is that while our kids are born with the potential for empathy and generosity, those traits...
by Michele Borba | Aug 3, 2009 | Character and Moral Intelligence
Michele Borba, Ed.D. REALITY CHECK: How do we help students develop strong character? The answer is found in this premise: Character traits are learned; therefore we can teach them. It means that educators have tremendous power because they can teach students critical...
by Michele Borba | Jul 25, 2009 | Character and Moral Intelligence
I recently worked with PARENTS magazine to conduct an online survey of over 2400 moms. One question: “How do you hope your child turns out?” Next to health and happiness, most parents hoped their children would grow to be adults with solid character and...
by Michele Borba | Jul 21, 2009 | Character and Moral Intelligence
By Michele Borba REALITY CHECK: Parents don’t raise moral kids by accident. They know what they stand for and pass those values onto their children deliberately and purposefully. So here’s your Reality Check: If you sat your child down right now and asked:...
by Michele Borba | Apr 2, 2009 | Character and Moral Intelligence
Yesterday on the Today Show, I spoke with Natalie Morales about clingy kids. Natalie asked me to come on air and offer her sister tips for dealing with her three-year-old daughter’s clinginess. Here are a few tips I gave. (The whole Today segment is available on...
