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SEL in the Classroom

Effective Parenting: Embracing Discipline Over Punishment

Many individuals mistakenly equate punishment and discipline, assuming they are interchangeable terms. However, a closer examination reveals that they hold distinct meanings and approaches.
3 - 5 min read

Culturally Responsive Social-Emotional Learning

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and amplifying voices of color are priorities for Generation Mindful. The company seeks to partner with districts using their tools to establish formal practices for feedback from BIPOC voices to enhance educator, studen...
2 - 4 min read

Making Social Emotional Learning Inclusive and Accessible By Bridging Home and School

At Generation Mindful, we are committed to supporting, educating, and inspiring not only children in their social-emotional learning but the adults charged with raising them as well. When we bridge social-emotional learning (SEL) tools and support fr...
3 - 5 min read

A World Where 250 Preschool Students Are Suspended Every Day

A world where 250 preschoolers are suspended per day in the US alone is a world that needs a course correction. Our school systems are failing to protect vulnerable student populations that, statistically speaking, are disproportionately impacted by ...
2 - 4 min read
sad preschool child in classroom

Why Do Parents Spank?

To advocate for the children who fall subject to corporal punishment, perhaps we must witness the inner child of the punisher. Here are 4 reasons why someone may spank and how to use this information to connect rather than shame. (Because, remember, ...
3 - 5 min read

School to Prison Pipeline: Bill Diminishes Willful Defiance Suspensions

With efforts to keep children in school and out of the school-to-prison pipeline, teachers and administrators within California school districts will no longer be able to suspend elementary and middle school students for wil...
3 - 5 min read

Post-Pandemic Schools Need More Than Academics

Post-pandemic children have a lot to adjust to. And there is no cookie-cutter response because the mental health of our children is not one-dimensional. There is a spectrum of feelings and emotional stress taking a seat in the classroom this ye...
3 - 5 min read
Post-Pandemic Schools Need More Than Academics

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 helpi...
2 - 4 min read

Morning Meetings and Connecting a Classroom

A the school counselor shares how her school transformed its classroom culture by using SnuggleBuddies plush toys to teach students about their emotions. 
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Children sharing feelings with SnuggleBuddies during classroom morning meeting

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 taught so...
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