Reducing Toddler Tantrums
One family’s journey using time-ins to manage their toddlers big feelings, going from 33 to 3 tantrums a day in just one week.
Make Connection a Habit
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Raising Emotionally-Intelligent Boys: One Mom's Journey
What do you do when the world around you tells you that you are too sensitive?
Do you adapt to the social norms and shift who you are, or do you hush the noise of society to listen to your inner wisdom?
When Your Child Fears The Coronavirus: 8 Tips for Taming Anxiety
As a parent, what do you do when your child has fears that feel out of their control - things like viral outbreaks and global warming? Learn 8 tips for taming fears and anxieties through connection.
Teaching Academics and Social-Emotional Skills in the Montessori Classroom
Emily Canibano, a Montessori teacher with a classroom of 16 students ranging in age from 1.2 to 5.5 years, was looking for a way to teach social-emotional skills in her classroom, both in feeling emotions and in the safe expression of them.
Morning Meetings and Connecting a Classroom
As the school counselor, the teacher had requested I come in and observe her new morning meeting format. I found a chair in the back of the room and curiously looked at the student that the others were staring at.
Teaching The Whole Learner: School Spotlight on Bloom360
Bloom360 Learning Community, a nonprofit school in southeastern Wisconsin for Learners ages 5 to 21 with neurodiverse needs, based their entire 2019/20 school year curriculum themes around the PeaceMakers themes of Power, Joy, Balance, Love, Peace, Intuition, and Forgiveness, and the outcomes are inspiring.
From Classroom to Home: One Teacher's Journey to Positive Parenting
After maternity leave, I decide to shift from my role as a teacher of an academic classroom to that of teaching our “one and only.” My full momma heart told me that I would nail it. I mean, how hard could it be to teach one child when I had...
When Your Kids Are Not Listening: From Yelling To Connection
When you're kids are not listening it can feel like your only tool is to yell. One GEN:M mama shares how she shifted from yelling to connection during times of misbehavior.
The Gift Of Life And One Mama's Fight For Her Son
A mother's devotion to finding a cure for her son's rare kidney disease and to helping him manage his big feelings along the way.
Breaking The Cycle: A Shift from Punitive to Positive Parenting
It’s of little surprise that when I became a parent myself, my impulse was to spank, yell or lecture. Not knowing the long-term effects of this type of punishment, I repeated the experiences of my past, perpetuating the cycle.
Dear Daughter: A Spoken Word Poem
Grab your tissues. This heartfelt video captures the love and prayers one father carries for his unborn child: "The pain and the pleasure, they are buried treasure. Get your hands dirty..." - Kurt Peloquin
Preschool Teacher Creates Calming Corner to Teach Students About Emotions
In a nook in the back near the teacher’s desk, a cozy, safe place exists. It is a place to explore feelings. A place to regulate. A place to take a break and just be. Welcome to Emily Brown’s preschool classroom. Emily is a teacher dedicated to helping her students...
