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How getting your kids to be what you want them to be doesn’t involve teaching, lecturing, or even reason.
The art of connection, what it is, and how we can build it if we’ve sucked it up this far.
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10 non-traditional compliments that every kiddo should be hearing on a regular basis.
How one school has banned the grade “Zero” from their schools.
What kids think about spanking, and how insightful they just might be.
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10 Compliments Your Kids Need to Hear
Schools are Wimps When It Comes to Giving Kids Failing Grades
Children Speak Out About How Spanking Feels to Them
I Love You by ingridf_nl at Flickr
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An interesting article on a teacher that was either too politically correct, or just plain brilliant.
How we can, as parents, make Valentines Day special with our own traditions and teaching what love really is.
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Valentines Day and Parental Love
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How disappointment is very valuable to kids, and how we suck it up most of the time.
How to allow disappointment to shape our kids into strong people.
Why we have allowed disappointment to get circumvented with kids, and how it hurts them overall.
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Today on Media Sucks Monday, an article calling into questions whether parents can adequately educate their children better than Public Schools.
The rising numbers of kids getting hurt while in shopping carts, and my response to parents and the ideas of tighter controls.
Gender roles in kids toys. Should girls have homemaking/shopping legos in pink?
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Are Parents Who Homeschool Qualified to Teach Their Kid
Despite Warnings, About 24,000 Kids are Hurt Annually in Shopping Cart Accidents
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TechnoMaslow by daveduarte.
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Social media. How it’s not the evil spawn of Satan, but it does have dangers we must teach our kids about.
How our generation of parents is blazing the trail on social media
How good social media begins with parents and bleeds into our kids.
SHOW NOTES
6 Reasons Social Media is Dangerous for Me – a great article by Glennon Melton
Forgiveness by -Marlith- at Flickr
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How vital forgiveness is, even outside of any spiritual bent.
The concept of grace and unmerited favor, and why our kids need us to see them that way.
How forgiving kids isn’t about passivity, but about understanding kids better and how to forgive.
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Expected Grace – article referenced on giving grace and forgiveness to kids.
Think by ArtJonak at Flickr
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The concept of critical thinkers, and how to teach our current generation to THINK!
The opposite of blind obedience, which Jeff and I disagree with, and what we can teach instead.
How can parents mix in and teach critical thinkers in a simple, easy to apply way.
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Critical Thinking: How to Grow Your Child’s Mind
Bloom’s Taxonomy: Critical Thinking
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Chart
Socratic Method in Parenting? Helping Children Develop Good Decision Making
Screw Up
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A great article from, of all places, Forbes Magazine on 7 major screw ups parents tend to make.
How the honest evaluation of ourselves, yes, including our screw ups, is the answer to those kids we want to see grow up.
I’m putting a third point because a literature teacher years ago must have told me I’m supposed to.
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7 Crippling Parenting Behaviors That Keep Children from Growing Into Leaders
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So, what exactly is Common Core and why is everybody in a tiff about it?
The separation between sensationalist information on both sides of the fence (support and criticism).
Is it good for our kids or not?
