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Conscious Discipline Parenting Education Curriculum Yields Positive Outcomes

Spring/Summer 2018 descriptive study of the Conscious Discipline Parenting Education Curriculum conducted by Child Trends Summary: This descriptive study by Child Trends measured the effects of the Conscious Discipline...

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Managing "Scared" at the Start of School: How Parents and Teachers Can Help

Managing “Scared” at the Start of School: How Parents and Teachers Can Help

The start of school can be scary for students, parents and staff. How do we manage this powerful feeling of scared? Understanding this feeling is important as we adjust...

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Mom Helping with Kids Homework

Taming the Homework Giant: Tips for Helping Your Children Do Their Best!

The new school year is starting, and that means it’s time for a task that’s dreaded by students and parents alike: homework. If your house is anything like mine,...

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Frustrated Mom and Child

Communicating with Kids = Hearing Things Differently

“Mommy, Mommy!” shouts your child as you are trying to finish up a phone conversation. “Wait just a moment,” you say in an agitated voice. “NO mommy, really, look!”...

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Man helping boy with homework

The Power of Yet

I was recently visiting the classroom of a high school math teacher with a marvelous bulletin board conveying a powerful message. (She was quick to tell me that it...

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Little girl at the dinner table

How to Use Conscious Discipline Skills During Meal Times

Before having children, I envisioned nightly family meals around a lovely dinner table with adorable children. The scene in my head was somewhere between a Norman Rockwell painting and...

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Happy Family

Happiness is a Choice YOU Make

“Happiness is a choice,” is a message touted by many schools of positive thought. As a parent, who is sometimes desperate to feel happy especially when bills are due,...

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Cheering Crowd

Teach and Parent Like An Olympian

Every four years in February, the world comes together to cheer and be inspired by the winter athletes who’ve made it to the ultimate global stage. We shout for...

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