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School is a High-Pressure Activity for Children

September 16, 2010

Children are natural learners as witnessed by their amazing ability to learn to walk, talk, reason, figure things out, imagine new realities – all by the age of 3 and without the benefit of a ‘credentialed teacher.’ Children are naturally curious and are hard-wired to learn and to want to learn. Yet research shows that [...]

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How Far Do You Trust Your Child?

August 22, 2010

Today 14-year-old Laura Dekker of the Netherlands set sail from Portugal in her yacht Guppy with a goal of being the youngest person to sail around the world SOLO. 16-year-old Austrailian Jesse Watson completed her journey today in Sydney just as Dekkar set out. Most everyone has an opinion. What are her parents thinking? What [...]

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How is Technology Affecting Your Child?

July 2, 2010

Parents often share with me their concern about their child’s frequent use of technology, their seeming ‘addiction’ to all things virtual – texting, video games, instant messaging, cell phones, game boys in addition to TV and movies. Recently I came across an article about children and technology by child psychologist and author David Elkind of [...]

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“Conscious Parenting, Joyous Families” – Heard on Joy of Love and Life Radio

April 28, 2010

Tuesday is Take Care of Sebastian Day, who is now sleeping after creating with play dough and markers and reading numerous books. I so appreciate having this time with him every Tuesday. He is a precious, happy cutie, and I love watching him grow! The Joy of Love and Life Radio show last week “Conscious [...]

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Preparing Our Children for the World of Tomorrow

January 2, 2010

Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Educational Administration Program at Iowa State University, co-created the amazingly popular video Did You Know?, which asks the question – How do we best prepare our children for the rapidly changing and expanding world of tomorrow? In this future world of rapidly evolving technological development [...]

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What Happened to Their Humanity? Part 1

December 11, 2009

This is a question on everyone’s minds in Richmond, CA, where a group of approximately12 teens watched while several young men gang raped and beat a 15-year-old girl. This is truly a horrific story, shocking and disturbing to everyone that young men would violently injure and abuse this young girl. The haunting question on everyone’s [...]

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