It's best to begin teaching our children self-care from an early age. This will foster greater self-awareness about their own physical, mental, and emotional needs. We should be teaching and encouraging our children to use healthy coping strategies in hopes they will use them throughout childhood, adolescence, and carry them through adulthood.
It's important to make goal setting intentional and meaningful for our children and ourselves, as it creates greater awareness and accountability. We specifically think about the what, why and how of achieving our goals, helping us to cultivate self-discipline.
The reason it is important for us to individually reflect is we are what we surround ourselves with. So, whether we like it or not, our kids pick up a lot of the things we demonstrate to them. Developing confidence is a process that takes time and consistency; as well as a healthy environment that will help it grow.
We want our children to understand that conversations are a two-way process, which includes clear communication and active listening. In order to teach this to our children, we must model the behavior we want to see from them.
This time of year can often feel like a heavy lift filled with high expectations. With this, parents often experience heightened emotions and so do our children. All while we might be having expectations of "best" behavior during a time that it proves to be quite difficult for our kiddos. What are some things you can do to support your children through the big winter feels?
Let's make generosity a natural part of our lives and our children's lives. Together we can create a kinder, more compassionate and inclusive world. Let's find our passions and engage our children to find theirs.
With a bit of history, you will learn where social-emotional learning originated - and you may find it quite fascinating how long it's really been around. From schools, and classrooms, to homes and out in our community, social-emotional learning becomes a responsibility for all of us. Let's teach it to our children across all settings and nurture this vital life long learning.
Parents, caretakers and teachers- It is critical to show kindness to our children, validate how they are feeling, be empathetic, and compassionate. Children learn from us; how you treat yourself and other's is how they will learn to treat themselves and other's. How can we help the next generation lead a life with deep kindness?
Living a life with gratitude can support a life of self-worth, resiliency, selfless behavior, greater joy; reducing depression and increases happiness. According to various studies, instilling gratitude in our children from a young age, is linked to happiness as they grow up. So, how can we teach gratitude to our children?
We can all experience feelings of worry, fear, or anxiety when we perceive a threat or encounter something new. Children are often faced with new experiences that will naturally cause them to feel these big emotions. How can adults help coach children through these feelings?
All children should live in a home and attend school in an environment where they feel emotionally safe and supported, where their feelings are heard, accepted, understood and met with empathy. Teaching our children the vocabulary to label their emotions is a powerful tool that will benefit them for life.
It can be quite difficult to respond calmly, rather than react emotionally, in times when our children are experiencing big feelings. There are some specific things we can attend to in ourselves and some strategies we can use in doing our best to stay calm.
