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Raising Empathetic Kids: How Kindness Is Built,...

Every parent hopes to raise a kind child. A child who notices when someone is hurting. Who shares without being told. Who stands up for the person being left out....

The Surprising Gift of Boredom: Why Kids Need M...

"I'm bored." Two words that can make a parent reach instinctively for a solution — a screen, an activity, a suggestion, anything to fill the gap and stop the complaining....

Academic Pressure and Kids: How to Help Childre...

Something has shifted in the experience of being a student. Academic pressure — once largely confined to university admissions season — has crept steadily downward through the grade levels until...

Separation Anxiety in Kids: A Mindful Parent's ...

It starts before you've even left the driveway. The clinging. The tears. The "please don't go" at the classroom door that makes your heart crack a little every morning, even...

Sibling Rivalry and Mindfulness: Helping Brothe...

If you have more than one child, you know the sound. It starts somewhere in another room — a toy being grabbed, a perceived injustice, a look held one second...

Teaching Kids That Failure Is Not the Opposite ...

Watch a toddler learning to walk. They fall. They get up. They fall again. They get up again. Nobody has to teach them to try again after falling — the...