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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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Where Play And Learning Merge

Education & Ecstasy Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, former head of the Psychology Department at the University of Chicago studied happiness and creativity extensively over 50 years. Out of this research he developed the idea of FLOW. The idea of flow is identical to the feeling of being IN THE ZONE. This is where a person is fully [...]

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Success Routines

Coaches are masters of motivation and results. The best coaches work with individuals and their teams to master a sequence of “small, visible goals,” they build momentum. That sequence is similar to a mental checklist, as each small item is master the entire sequence becomes more automatic. Psychologist Karl Weick, in a paper called “Small [...]

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Average – Above Average & WOW!

Blending-in and being part of a crowd or community is an art form for a kid. The coveted title of “Popular,” and the antithesis “Shy Kid” are extremes of a spectrum that doesn’t value accomplishment and effort. Kids want to belong, so do we for that matter. One of our most profound desires and motivations [...]

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What’s So Great About Failure [Part III of III]

DOGGED PERSISTENCE A continuation from yesterdays “What’s So Great About Failure Part II”. Is it always best to persist? Not necessarily. There is a cost to benefit ratio in everything we do. Mastery-oriented responses push beyond the initial resistance of the challenge and usually get better results. It isn’t uncommon for even mastery-oriented mindsets to [...]

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What’s So Great About Failure? [Part II of III]

HELPLESS RESPONSE PATTERN A continuation of “What’s So Great About Failure Part I.” How to keep your kids motivated. This group of kids not only gave up, but they didn’t even try, they met with uncertainly and condemned their abilities rather than attempting something difficult. It was noted that the children that gave up, did [...]

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Are You Striving To Be The Favorite?

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-favorite-child/201003/is-there-favorite-parent You’ll need to read Dr. Ellen Weber Libby’s article to the end to get to the, What, How and Why. She makes some excellent points against trying to be the favorite and putting adult children into perspective.

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