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...
by Michele Borba | Jul 7, 2012 | Character and Moral Intelligence
OUR REALITY CHECK: Moral Intelligence is what helps our children act right with or without our guidance, and the best news is that this critical and too often overlooked intelligence can be taught. Let’s make sure our children develop both strong minds and...
by Michele Borba | Jul 3, 2012 | Character and Moral Intelligence, Empathy and Kindness
REALITY CHECK: “Results-Driven Parenting” is what I call using how you choose to respond and what you choose to reinforce in your daily interactions with your children to produce real and lasting change in their social, emotional, moral, cognitive, or behavior. The...
by Michele Borba | Jun 22, 2012 | School Success and Learning
Many kids look forward to the summer as an opportunity to take a break from studying and just have fun. The summer is a great time for a change of pace and the new school year seems a world away. However, more reports show that when children stop eating healthy and...
by Michele Borba | Jun 11, 2012 | Anger Management, Anxiety, Pessimism, World Worries
Parenting advice to open up communication, rebuild a relationship with your teen or know what to do when your son or daughter starts to pull away and give you the cold shoulder Let’s face it: teens really are a different species –and for a variety of...