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Students attend class in an outdoor classroom at Bentley Primary School

Social-Emotional Learning Starts At Home

How to help your child (and yourself) overcome overwhelm

When You Feel Like You’re Hugging A Porcupine: How to help your child (and yourself) overcome overwhelm. Join us on FB Live this Thursday, Feb 25th 2pm cst/12 PST where we dive into how to identify your child's triggers and lagging skills to focus on skill building BEFORE kids porcupine out. Save your spot by registering here. If you can't attend live, register for the event and we will make the re-play available to you!

St. Louis mom’s alternative to timeouts turns into multimillion-dollar business

Suzanne Tucker of Richmond Heights has gone global with a product close to her heart. It’s called the Time-In ToolKit.

Connection

To My Children

To my children, without you ... Our house would be clean and organized yet there would be no handprints on the glass to remind me of your littleness.

classroom management

Teacher's Biggest Concerns About Returning To School Post COVID-19

We asked teachers across the nation what their biggest concerns were regarding returning back to school, and this is what they told us.

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Connection

Channel Your Inner Beyoncé

Join Selina as we celebrate and honor the fierce women in our lives from which we draw inspiration and strength. During this mindful moment, we give homage to all the women before us and standing among us who continue to hold up half the sky with their love and contributions as we honor those parts of ourselves, too.

co-regulation

One Mama Realizes: My Child's Feelings Are About Her, Not Me

I had done everything right, and yet my nine-year-old daughter was having her version of a tantrum.

Brain Development

Why Sibling Rivalry is Good For Kids, And How Parents Can Make It Through

Sibling rivalry is common among households with more than one child, and the news that parents everywhere who are trying to mediate the madness long to hear is finally in: the behavior is normal, healthy, and useful.

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The Most Precious Gift We Have Is The Accumulation Of Seconds With Our Children

“Mommy, will you lay with me?” The back of my son’s jammie shirt lay slightly spotted as it caught my silent tears.

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Emotional Intelligence

One Mama Realizes: My Child's Feelings Are About Her, Not Me

I had done everything right, and yet my nine-year-old daughter was having her version of a tantrum.

Emotional Intelligence

Why Sibling Rivalry is Good For Kids, And How Parents Can Make It Through

Sibling rivalry is common among households with more than one child, and the news that parents everywhere who are trying to mediate the madness long to hear is finally in: the behavior is normal, healthy, and useful.

Emotional Intelligence

Who Is Part Of Your Parenting Village?

Join Selina as she leads a mindful moment to send gratitude to those who are part of our parenting village and those who allow us to be part of theirs.

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Classroom Management

A Parent's Guide: Meditate With Toddlers And Teens To Improve Emotional Intelligence And Resilience

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), behavior problems, anxiety, and depression are the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders in children. Even though today’s kids exhibit elevated levels of restlessness, stress, and anxiety, only 1.6% of children in the U.S. meditate.

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Feeling-Friday Videos

Channel Your Inner Beyoncé

Join Selina as we celebrate and honor the fierce women in our lives from which we draw inspiration and strength. During this mindful moment, we give homage to all the women before us and standing among us who continue to hold up half the sky with their love and contributions as we honor those parts of ourselves, too.

Feeling-Friday Videos

Who Is Part Of Your Parenting Village?

Join Selina as she leads a mindful moment to send gratitude to those who are part of our parenting village and those who allow us to be part of theirs.

Feeling-Friday Videos

Triggers: I Am Close To The Edge

The emotions that arise in the face of our triggers can actually be a gift, because they give us the opportunity to become aware of the parts of us asking to be. Join Selina as she leads a mindful moment to allow us to meet our triggers with awareness, curiosity, and compassion.

Feeling-Friday Videos

Stop In The Name Of Love

Loving the world starts with loving with world within. Join Selina as she leads a mindful moment to spread love to ourselves and others.

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Member Highlights

One Mama Realizes: My Child's Feelings Are About Her, Not Me

I had done everything right, and yet my nine-year-old daughter was having her version of a tantrum.

Member Highlights

Time-In ToolKit Helps Mom Realize: My Son's Behavior Is Normal And Healthy

This past fall, my then three-year-old (he just turned four) started preschool. I admittedly didn't do much research before we applied. t seemed like the thing to do in the neighborhood, and I assumed that all preschool programs were similar. We obviously couldn't have been more wrong.

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Autistic Mama and Sons Request: See Us for Us, Not our Labels

Tiffany Hammond is an autistic mama to two autistic sons. She shares that their diagnosis is not a one-size-fits-all expression. Rather, Tiffany sees this as part of her family’s unique human experience.

Emotional intelligence

When Play Feels Like A Chore

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Mindfulness

Stop In The Name Of Love

Loving the world starts with loving with world within. Join Selina as she leads a mindful moment to spread love to ourselves and others.

Mindfulness

Celebrating Small Victories In Parenting

By Kim Williamson Many parents believe that raising their children is their most important job, but very few trust that they are parenting successfully. We frantically wonder if we are doing it right, and too often answer ourselves with a despairing no. Feelings of doubt, guilt, and shame are overly abundant as we strive to be perfect parents. The pressure to achieve parenting perfection spirals into the trap of not...

Mindfulness

Setting A One Word Intention For 2021

Join Selina as she leads a mindful moment to set an one word intention for 2021, inviting that word into all aspects of your life throughout the next year.

Mindfulness

New Year's Intention Setting Freebie for Families

We created this three-page printable bundle to help you and your family set mindful, empowering, and FUN intentions that stick... together: It's our gift to you. Happy New Year! All of these intention setting activities can be done by yourself, with one child at a time, or as a family. Your word of the year can be placed in a prominent place as a reminder (e.g. the refrigerator or...

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Positive Parenting

One Mama Realizes: My Child's Feelings Are About Her, Not Me

I had done everything right, and yet my nine-year-old daughter was having her version of a tantrum.

Positive Parenting

Why Sibling Rivalry is Good For Kids, And How Parents Can Make It Through

Sibling rivalry is common among households with more than one child, and the news that parents everywhere who are trying to mediate the madness long to hear is finally in: the behavior is normal, healthy, and useful.

Positive Parenting

Who Is Part Of Your Parenting Village?

Join Selina as she leads a mindful moment to send gratitude to those who are part of our parenting village and those who allow us to be part of theirs.

Positive Parenting

Time-In ToolKit Helps Mom Realize: My Son's Behavior Is Normal And Healthy

This past fall, my then three-year-old (he just turned four) started preschool. I admittedly didn't do much research before we applied. t seemed like the thing to do in the neighborhood, and I assumed that all preschool programs were similar. We obviously couldn't have been more wrong.

Social-Emotional Learning Starts At Home

Together we are raising an emotionally healthy world.