Currently Browsing: January 2025 11 articles
Teaching Self-Compassion to Battle Shame
Dr. Brené Brown, who researches emotions, defines shame as the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and, therefore, unworthy of love, belonging, and connection. Simply […]
Student Spotlights – January 2025
From the Publisher – January ’25
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a lovely holiday season full of memory-making moments with family and friends. As we transition into a new year, a feeling of “change” […]
Top 5 Tech Rules for Kids in the New Year
As we enter a new year, tech will continue to shape how our children interact with the world. With new devices and social media platforms emerging daily, and if your […]
Ditching the New Year’s Resolutions: Five Things to Try Instead
Every year, as the New Year rings in, thousands of people around the world make “new year, new me” pledges – only to find themselves discouraged and disappointed a few […]
Put the “Om” in Homework: Tips to Ease Homework Frustration & Boost Focus
By the time Meira Mednick’s daughter was in third grade, homework time had morphed into lengthy, embattled evenings fraught with angry tears as frustrated daughter and frazzled mom squared off. […]
Prepare Your Kids for College: 10 Things to Do Now So They Are Ready
My son looked at me with dread in his eyes. He needed to find out about driver’s education classes, and there was minimal information on the website. I smiled and […]
Dinner’s Ready: Jared and Tara Jones’ Japanese Curry and Rice
After serving as church planters in Japan for 16 years, Jared and Tara Jones only recently relocated back to the States. Together, they pastor Central Church Orange Beach. “We loved […]
The Unexpected Is Always Lurking
When I leave my job in two or three years, I’ll still have a good income of around $80,000 thanks to my pension. I talked with my wife recently about […]
Teacher of the Month: Mandy Ames, WJ Carroll Intermediate School
Sewing seeds into a child’s future is one of the most rewarding gifts a teacher can give, and Mandy Ames has been doing this as an educator for 26 years. […]