Bring Out The Best in You & Your Kids

What’s the secret to parenting a gifted child?

A favorite book of mine from way back in the college days was written by Desmond Morris, the book, the Naked Ape. The following excerpt is from a discussion thread involving Desmond Morris, long-time researcher of human and animal behavior, reporter Tralee Pearce, and Rosanna Del Grosso, the newly elected president for the Association for [...]

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Parenting Questions [Best Child Discipline & Motivation - Survey]

Parenting Questions To be the most effective parent [the most effective... anything] it’s helpful to sit still for a few minutes and think, “What are the challenges and problems I’m having as a parent? What are the biggest challenges my kids face right now?” Will you please take this survey and give me some feedback? [...]

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Why Parenting? Why Motivation?

The best information, in terms of facts, comes from peer reviewed experts that have taken a hypothesis through the scientific process. However, the best advice comes from a more practical or pragmatic source, a source where there has been real world application of the knowledge and historical evidence and proven results with easily transferable and duplicatable results. We have documented some of the most profound child education, development and parenting advice there is.

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Education Reform & The Montessori Model

The need for Education Reform isn’t debated. What will be reformed? How will learning be improved? What are our education priories? These are the questions and the answers being debated. If anyone has read the book Switch you know about the term “Bright Spots”. For those who haven’t, the idea is to look for areas [...]

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Understanding What Educations Reform Is

By far the most eloquent and knowledgeable thinkers and speakers on the subject of education reform Sir Ken Robinson. Systems that grow to the size and weight of the one we have cannot adapt in time for meaningful reform to take place. The system needs to be decentralized and upgraded in more natural ways that allow for independent thinking, creative thinking, critical thinking and group collaboration, which will require leadership skills.

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Relationships, Respect 7 Tips to Reduce Sibling Rivalry

Sibling rivalry is so pervasive; it sets the tone for how our children will treat or mistreat others for the rest of their lives. We really don’t want to eliminate the rivalry. Why? They need the experience, the ups and downs. Here are 7 tips to eliminating sibling rivalry from authors Dr. Thomas Phelan 1 2 3 Magic, Hal Runkel ScreamFree Parenting and Jennifer Kolari author of Connected Parenting.

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The Dynamics of Skill & Creativity

There are a good deal of people arguing for Education Reform. The time to reform education has, in my opinion, already passed.  The dynamics of education reform have two seemingly opposing sides.  However if you take the politics out of the discussion you boil it down to practical experiences and knowledge based skills like the [...]

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Better Relationships With Your Kids

It is only human to loose our temper, get angry and yell.  We’ve all done it.  But we’re not proud of it. Yelling and screaming, especially at kids, puts them in “Fight or Flight” thinking and it diminishes our influence.  They literally can’t think about what the right thing to do is because they’re trying [...]

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America’s Competitiveness Has Worsened

In the face of so many daunting near-term challenges, U.S. government and industry are letting the crucial strategic issues of U.S. competitiveness slip below the surface. Five years ago, the National Academies prepared Rising Above the Gathering Storm, a book that cautioned: “Without a renewed effort to bolster the foundations of our competitiveness, we can [...]

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Spanking Ok For Parents Not Teachers

How do you discipline your children? Do you think it is appropriate for the government to make laws regarding spanking children? Do you think it’s a good idea that children are paddled in school? I have strong opinion on the subject, but I was curious how most other people felt about the issue. Over the [...]

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