Crystal is a mama with a household of toddlers, tweens, and teens where uncontrollable sobbing and outbursts were a daily occurrence, and not just from her three-year-old. Crystal shares how learning basic social emotional skills helped her family of six bridge the gap that was growing between family members, improving...
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While some may say that The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein is a tale of selfless love, others find the story actually sends a much different message --- one of co-dependency. Author Topher Payne offers a free printable rewrite to set things straight, teaching children and adults alike that healthy relationships do,...
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Students who are self-aware and able to understand their emotions have a greater ability to relate to others, make decisions, and excel academically. And while schools play a large role in teaching, modeling, and creating opportunities for these skills, social-emotional learning starts in the home.
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What if I was done? Complete. Leaving me incomplete. Longing to be a work in progress. Round around the edges. Potential yet realized. Hidden in the fold of me yet spread.
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Does your child insist that she cleaned her room but the wind made it messy again? Or does your son deny whopping his brother although you watched it go down? When things like this happen, you may be wondering why are they lying and how do we get them to tell...
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With three questions in mind, we set off to frame and hang our ToolKit posters. Which frames will work best? Where could I find the deals? And how do I attach the frames to our wall? The process ended up being pretty easy, budget-friendly and, the biggest bonus, we had fun...
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I had been nursing my daughter for two and a half years and my mind and body were giving me signs that it was time to wean. My heart was torn. For years, this is how we connected ... how she comforted when sleepy or gotten a boo-boo or just...
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A mom recently shared a clip on TikTok of her son using Generation Mindful's Time-In ToolKit, and the post went viral.
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This video is for anyone who has ever struggled with parenting (all of us), for those who are working to respond to their children instead of reacting to their behaviors, and anyone who wants to raise emotionally healthy humans but isn't sure where to start.
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Starting school or starting a new school year can be stressful at the best of times, let alone during a global pandemic. The CDC has released recommendations for schools to help with this process, and once again our children are being asked to adjust. Some parents fear that school will look more...
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When it comes to playing independently or being away from your side for more than a second, and yes, sometimes it feels like an actual second before she is tugging and pulling or following behind you in tears, your child struggles. The reality is, your “to do” list is growing,...
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I was diagnosed with ADHD at six-years-old. My parents were actually relieved because they finally had a reason to point to that explained some of my behaviors. I didn’t know how to feel, process, or regulate emotions, so I simply tried to numb them all.
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