by Michele Borba | Feb 7, 2016 | Bullying and Cyberbullying, Character and Moral Intelligence
Parenting advice if your child is a repeated victim of bullying and the bullying intensifies. Why you must step in and how It’s been ten years, but I am still haunted by the memory. I had just finished giving a keynote address on bullying to a large group of...
by Michele Borba | Feb 6, 2016 | Articles, Character and Moral Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Parenting, Perseverance, Gives Up, Fears Failures, Resilience, Thriving, School Success and Learning, Self-Confidence
One of the inevitable facts of life is that everyone makes mistakes. Granted, some mistakes are more significant than others and harder to get over, but they are a part of life. How individuals deal with those mistakes is significant to their self-esteem. Children...
by Michele Borba | Feb 6, 2016 | Character and Moral Intelligence
RESPECT: a way of treating or thing about something or someone. If you respect your teacher, you admire her and treat her well. If you respect your friend you regard her highly and treat her with consideration. There are many ways people show respect to others, and...
by Michele Borba | Feb 5, 2016 | Character and Moral Intelligence, Empathy and Kindness, Gratitude, Materialism
Truth be known: I am a huge Amy McCready fan. I love her common-sense approach to parenting, and her sage, practical advice. I devoured (and recommended) her last book, If I Have to Tell You One More Time), and bookmark her blog, Positive Parenting Solutions. But her...
by Michele Borba | Feb 3, 2016 | Character and Moral Intelligence, Parenting, Self-Reliance and Agency, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
Parenting advice to help kids learn to do household chores, boost responsibility muscles, and lend a hand without bickering. Really! Years ago I learned an important parenting secret from my girlfriend that I’ll never forget. Cindy and I were busy chatting away when...
by Michele Borba | Jan 31, 2016 | Character and Moral Intelligence
The family is the first school of virtue, so make sure you’re schooling your child in the lessons of character. Hundreds of years ago Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, said that the best way to teach character is through example. That premise still stands up...
