When it comes to organizing young students, many parents and teachers try to fit all students into one box. For example, students generally come home from their first day of middle school with new planner in hand and strict instructions to record all their assignments in it every day. As many frustrated parents have learned, however, making every child use a planner as their primary organizational tool simply doesn't work in practice. For many students - particularly young boy... Read more

Do kids pick on you and bully you? Do they make fun of you, spread nasty rumors, or make insulting gestures? Do they hit you or threaten you? Do they exclude you from their group? Wouldn’t it be great to live a life where no one was a bully to you? Schools all over the country have been adopting anti-bully programs so that kids won’t have to experience bullying. But I have bad news for you. These anti-bully programs don’t work very well. Research has been showing that most school anti-bul... Read more

  “Make individuals feel important and part of something larger than themselves.” [i] —Colin Powell, solider, statesman, and former U.S. Secretary of State   A yes-you yes-now leader will not only work hard at their own tasks, but will also support other teammates in their tasks to achieve the group’s goals. Each person’s individual efforts all add up to a strong team. It’s a heavy load to bear if you’re trying to do it all by yourself. A single superstar per... Read more

The concept of Self-regulation is central to being successful in relationships, academics, sports, career, and happiness. Yet, have you ever heard of a class, or even a Unit on this topic being taught? What do we mean by Self-regulation? Simply put, self-regulation is how well an individual responds to events that take place in his/her life. How do we respond when someone jumps in front of us in a line? How do we respond when we lose a game, or when someone tells us that we ca... Read more