The key to growing is believing that you always have room to grow. It’s strange to me that people often believe the opposite, limiting their growth. Comments like, “I’m too old to change” or “I’m set in my ways” are just sad. How can any of us have the presumption to believe that we can [...]
Gabi is in Grade 5 in an Arts Program and is loving it! There are 4 general categories: Visual Arts, Drama, Music and Dance. She is comfortable in the last three but has mixed feelings about the first. Here’s some background.
Her 3 brothers, her father and I believe we can’t draw. This is emphasized by [...]
Having suffered since childhood from depression, I was deeply moved by an article I read on washingtonpost.com written by Daniele Seiss, entitled “Running For My Life“.
I began running to get fit and to shed some pounds and also discovered, accidentally, the huge benefits that pounding the earth has on my mental state. While I can never [...]
Our oldest son, Ilan, got married last week. And our ten year old daughter, Gabi, began her first day in grade 5 today. Having children spread over 16 years of age provides for an interesting existence.
Ilan (26) married Carrie, now his beautiful wife. It’s very hard to put into words the feeling of that experience. [...]
I havea new article posted today at mychildfeels.com called “Name and NAIM Your Child“.
This is a great new website dedicated to exploring feelings in children from all perspectives. I’ve become a regular contributor there.
Enjoy!
Our oldest son is getting married and we are now counting down the days.
Who knew that putting individuals in preassigned seats could be so time-consuming? My daughter’s dress is still at the dressmaker. We’ve only had one fitting and I’m trying to not panic but as the days go on it’s becoming more difficult! Other [...]
I’ve become a regular contributor at a new website called mychildfeels.com. It’s a website dedicated to exploring feelings in children from all perspectives.
Check out my article “Anxiety In Children” posted there today.
In this episode: discussing the connection between intelligence, emotional intelligence, and success.
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I feel excited and honored to have written a guest post for Maw Books Blog. Posted today, it is entitled “Reading with Feeling” and I wrote about to use stories to help children explore their feelings.
Maw Books Blog is a wonderful book review blog site and, if you haven’t already, well worth bookmarking. Natasha Maw [...]
One of the great lessons I have learned from my children is to say what I mean. Children are experts in many ways and one of these areas of expertise is being able to see right through innuendos. Non-verbal “speaking” has as much impact on kids as verbal.
When my youngest son, who is now grown [...]
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