For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
‘New 18 now is 28’: How screens delay teens’ emotional maturity – June 14, 2019 – CBC News The big question is why the delay? Rates of self-harm have increased among teens in Canada, the U.S., Australia and Europe. This is a concern in part because those...
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Some highlights to mull over from a long yet interesting article – Put Down the Self Help Books: Resilience is not a DIY Endeavour by Michael Ungur – Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience, a professor of social work at Dalhousie...
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Helicopter parenting is so 20th Century! Today’s “snowplow parents” keep their children’s futures obstacle-free — even when it means crossing ethical and legal boundaries. Snowplowing has gone so far, they say, that many young people are in crisis, lacking...
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Mindfulness lessons are quickly growing in popularity in England as an antidote to stress the of being a young person in the 21st century. Does it work? There is the concern about avoiding the” quick fix approach.” England’s Department for Education...
For Parents, For Teachers & Principals
Brene Brown, research professor at the University of Houston, has spent two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame and empathy. She is the author of five #1 New York Times best sellers. Brown collected thousands of stories and pieces of data over 6 years of...
